Splish Splosh! Today was cold and rainy! Yuk. Had my free brekky around 8ish - it wasn't fancy - cereal, fruit & coffee, but, still free! I met my tour buddy, Becky, around 9am. We're doing the same tour so decided to spend a few days together beforehand exploring New York. She's English and very nice, even though she talks fast and sometimes I have trouble understanding her accent, lol. It was a miserable rainy day, but, meh, whatcha gonna do about it? We...

Not happy Jan! I didn't have the best day today :-( Was up at 6am creeping around packing my bag in the dark and trying to be quiet to not disturb others. Bus & train to the airport. Got there 2 hrs before my flight. Sitting. Waiting. Sitting. Got stuck in the middle seat between a plump black woman and some business dude. Had no personal tv, and our one in the aisle wasn't working, so I slept most of the way for lack of anything else to do! Would you beli...

Covered a lot of ground on my last day in SF, yet didn't acheive much! Ventured down to Castro, the gay village, and wondered what all the hype is about? If I didn't know it was a gay village, I wouldn't have guessed. Maybe it comes out of it's shell after dark? Then I walked around Union Square and looked at the fancy shops. Went into Sax on 5th for a sticky beak and saw a dress with a price tag of $4,xxx something. I ignored temptation & didn't buy it, ha...

Another busy day, holidaying is so tiring! I slept in a little, didn't get out on the town till 9.30am. I took 2 buses to the Golden Gate Bridge. I stepped off the bus at 10am and said, "Where's the bridge?". It was sooo foggy! I decided to not dilly-dally here as there was nothing to see. Caught the bus down to Golden Gate Park where I went to the Acadamy of Science (really only went coz I got free entry with my city pass & the brochure said there was pe...

What a busy day! Covered so much ground, and boy don't my feet know it! Up early to catch the streetcar down to the wharf for my Alcatraz 9.30am tour. German girl from the dorm joined me, but I lost her, haha. She had her own things to do anyway, so no great drama. The audio tour was really good, and you can go into some of the cells to see what it was like. From there, I saw Coit Tower was not far away on the map. Couldn't remember what it was, but just rememb...