A good morning in San Francisco before our flight to Las Vegas. We began with breakfast - is there any other way to begin a day on to foodie journey around North America. We then wanted to get on a cable car for a journey up and over the steep hilly areas of the city. Well, our ignorance didn't work this time. We joined a queue for the next approaching cable car, but we should have joined at the end and not in the middle! So we gave up on that idea and instea...

Today was the long day tour to Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Navada's. Picture is of me against a giant Sequoias tree - the highest trees in the world growing up to 100 metres Our hotel.pickup was at 6.20 and it then took a while to gather the rest from various SFO hotels. We had about 40 on the bus which was to be the cause of frustration for the very beginning. We were finally on our way over the Bay Bridge past Oakland and in to the fertile valley wh...

Just arrived San Francisco - 2 hours late. Off on a city tour in 5 minutes time! No time to lose, we have to somehow make up 2 hours of sightseeing.......... Come back for more on this blog....... This tour was the best city tour we have been on. We had a small group of 7 and a young female guide was knowledgeable We quickly came to realise how hilly San Francisco is. We are on the flat part which apparently is reclaimed land. The roads are very uneven,c...