Sunday 26 October
No flowers were worn in the hair, but we had a wonderful time all the same. Sunday afternoon we took a Cable Car down to Fishermans Warf, and Pier 39 where all the shops were having a Halloween theme, and children were running around all dressed up and going from shop to shop to get candy. We reclused into a Wine Bar, already missing Napa, and sampled some more wines from Napa and Sonoma. Then on the way home we dropped into a little cafe just down from the hostel which had a Japanese/Chinese Blues Guitarist playing. He was great and we stayed there for ages listening to him get into his tunes.
Monday 27 October
Next day we got on a double decker bus and saw the sights of downtown and the golden gate from up top. Great views and the guides really know there stuff. We were really surprised at how many gum trees were in the area and found out that they were brought over from Australia with the belief that they were hard wood and they could use them for building materials ... but they brought over the wrong species - now they are everywhere, and can't be used to build anything.
Went back down to Pier 39 for dinner, where they were serving 'Oil Can Fosters' and refreshments. We have seen these around a few places, but still amazes us that Americans really love it. These are cans of Fosters that are 750ml. Its like having 3 beers in one. Tried to get a tour over to Alcatraz, but unfortunately tours were sold out for a couple of days. Would have loved to have done, particularly the night tour, but thats okay. Cable home, and early start off to Yosemite Tuesday morning.
No flowers were worn in the hair, but we had a wonderful time all the same. Sunday afternoon we took a Cable Car down to Fishermans Warf, and Pier 39 where all the shops were having a Halloween theme, and children were running around all dressed up and going from shop to shop to get candy. We reclused into a Wine Bar, already missing Napa, and sampled some more wines from Napa and Sonoma. Then on the way home we dropped into a little cafe just down from the hostel which had a Japanese/Chinese Blues Guitarist playing. He was great and we stayed there for ages listening to him get into his tunes.
Monday 27 October
Next day we got on a double decker bus and saw the sights of downtown and the golden gate from up top. Great views and the guides really know there stuff. We were really surprised at how many gum trees were in the area and found out that they were brought over from Australia with the belief that they were hard wood and they could use them for building materials ... but they brought over the wrong species - now they are everywhere, and can't be used to build anything.
Went back down to Pier 39 for dinner, where they were serving 'Oil Can Fosters' and refreshments. We have seen these around a few places, but still amazes us that Americans really love it. These are cans of Fosters that are 750ml. Its like having 3 beers in one. Tried to get a tour over to Alcatraz, but unfortunately tours were sold out for a couple of days. Would have loved to have done, particularly the night tour, but thats okay. Cable home, and early start off to Yosemite Tuesday morning.
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