The swelling has gone down - just in time to do Wild Wes's Walking tour which started with Wes singing a song whilst strumming a ukulele! This is definitely my kinda tour. According to Wes, there were two defining moments which put San Francisco "on the map": the gold rush in 1848 - which expanded the population from 400 to 25000 in 1 year - and then the devastating earthquake and subsequent fire in 1906. We were then led to the St Francis Hotel (now part of the...

I took it easy today. I've been to San Fran before so I've seen quite a lot already. Besides, I can't walk a lot because of my swollen foot. So, I decide to go to the downtown Ross (one of their flagship stores) for a bit of shopping. I "discovered" a lovely design and furniture store called CB2 today. They have some great retro-inspired pieces and are not afraid to use colour and texture. I was particularly inspired by their novel indoor hanging plant holders ...

Where do I begin? It's been a busy couple of days on the road, but now we're in the city of San Francisco! As you may recall from my previous blog entry, the night before last, a bee stung me on my leg in Yosemite Park. When I woke up, my foot was swollen like a football and it really hurt! I could barely muster the strength to hobble to the restroom in the morning and then spent another hour lying on the deflated air mattress dozing in and out of sleep. I felt e...