Day 22 - San FranciscoWe get up bright and early and head down to Pier 33 which is where the Alcatraz tours depart from. The tours are all sold out on line but we figured we may as well try and get them from the actual pier when it first opens. Unfortunately they are sold out until next Wednesday and since we wont even be in America then we have to give it a miss.We grab some breakfast on the pier 39 and I convince Si we should go and see the sealions again .. ...

Day 21 - San FranciscoAnother lie in (I could get used to this) we grab some brekkie and head back to the hotel to get picked up for the Winchester Mystery House trip.We wait in the hotel lobby for quite some time and no tour bus shows up! The numbers for the tour company either dont connect or ring out and they're not too quick at responding to emails! Not impressed Si sends them a sternly worded email. (FYI dont use Viator for any trips when you are abroad)Not ...

Day 20 - San FranciscoAfter a much needed lie in we get ourselves ready and our choice for breakfast ... the cheesecake factory!Due to the lie in they're no longer serving breakfast so it was BBQ pork for me and a club sandwich for Si. The sandwiches were massive (I dont know why i'm surprised I should be used to the portions here by now) and me having my priorities straight have to leave quite a bit of mine in order to leave room for dessert. We decide not to ...

Day 19 - Las Vegas/San FranciscoWe're rudely awoke by the alarm at daft o'clock in the morning and make our way to the airport for our flight to San Francisco.Check-in doesn't take long and before we know it we're sat on the plane ready for take off. The flight takes around 1hr 30mins, we actually land early but due to a plane breaking down at the gate we're supposed to be pulling up to we have to wait on the plane for a while but its not so bad.We collect our b...