Today we had a farewell brunch with the newly wed couple (it went on for hours) and said goodbye to all our cousins from around the world. Then we trundled back over the Golden Gate Bridge again, to spent our last afternoon/night in the city of San Francisco. We spent the afternoon exploring Pier 39, Fishermans Wharf, which was very busy and full of tourists. We couldn't do our treasure hunt because there were too many people, and we couldn't ride the famous caro...

Today mum had another sciencey surprise for us... In the form of dessert! We went to the a Chocolate Chair in Japantown, where they make ice cream in front of your eyes using liquid nitrogen. That in itself is awesome to watch because the "dry ice" billows out over the mixers and you can catch it and swirl it around. Dad had a chocolate one and it was so creamy and delicious... And filling as there's no air whipped through it. But mum had something else in mind f...

The Road to San Fransisco: The journey was long, but not boring, because we were playing a silly spot it game, and some of the things we had to find were absolutely ridiculous, like a driver picking their nose! We nearly found everything...just a swimming pool and an ambulance to go. When we arrived at San Francisco We went to Lombard street and drove down the world's curviest street. It was a very tight zig zag road surrounded by flowers. And there were people t...