Woke earlish to a phone call from the credit company. They confirmed that the card is now cancelled and that there appears to be no more fraudulent activity apart form the very small amounts. We had breakfast at the hotel. martin had waffles and maple syrup with strawberries. I had scrambled egg, bacon, fruit and bread. Went out to the Wells Fargo bank which has an atm. Got some dollars thankfully. W had decided to go to Yosemite via the Golden Gate Bridge. As w...

Had a lie in as lots of walking yesterday. Most mornings we have been out by 8am. To day we were out at 12. It is very hot today well into the eighties. We decided to find the benefit store in sutter street to get a pressie for Liz. Benefit is a make up company that San Francisco is their headquarters. I expected a large store but it was small. Having then seen the entrance arch We decided to walk towards China town which is famous in San Francisco. The enterenc...

San Francisco Alcatraz and the city Up early but this time could get breakfast at the hotel. Martin had poached eggs, bacon, fruit and toast and I had healthy granola, yogurt, fruit and copious amounts of coffee. The day appeared to be quite hot. Took layers for the boat. But as it was did not need them. The boat was going to leave from dock 33. We caught a cable car to Taylor street in fishermans wharf and it was a short walk to the pier. Go us...... Joined a ...

San Francisco and whale watching trip. Woke early and still a little tired from the previous day's journey. We need to be down at pier39 by 7.30 for the whale watching trip on a boat called the kitty Kat which is a 65 ft catamaran. This boat holds approx 50 people. The tickets had cost $79 each. Got a taxi down. I had sensible shoes on and had taken lots of layers. As the start was so early we missed the breakfast at the hotel. We were dropped of at pier 39 whic...

Had breakfast at the hotel, fresh fruit, muesli, toast, yogurt, banana and for Martin cinnamon roll. A really nice day beckoned. Temps high seventies. We wanted to see more of Monterey especially the pier. We walked to cannery row which is a main attraction. Saw the aquarium that was featured in the big blue programme. Along the way saw harbour seal in the water. Amazing. We walked down a long pier and found that at the end were all of these harbour seals making ...