Day 20: Monterey by the Bay. Today we focused our attention on Monterey itself, in particular its major tourist drawcard, Cannery Row. To start the day, we headed to the Monterey Aquarium situated at the end of the Row. Safe to say Nic and Josh got so much more from this attraction than I did - e.g do you know how many species of jellyfish there are in the bay? Alot. After the aquarium, we had lunch on the row, followed by some more shopping and sightseeing....

Day 19: Time to hit the Road! With the Giants winning Game 1 of the World Series overnight, San Francisco might have been smiling but the weather was miserable when we left this morning. Rain and fog greeted us as we left our apartment and walked up a block to the Hertz office within the Westin St Francis Hotel to collect our rental car. I google-mapped various ways of getting out of the city, but in the end I went for the most direct (and simplest) path - we ...