Back in San Francisco

Thursday, 9/7/06

Left Ft. Bragg at 7:45 and headed south to SF. About 11'ish when we got there and found sun! We drove down Lombard Street and were able to get many pictures (so we could compare it our Thomas Kinkade painting). Parked at Pier 39 , walked around, had lunch and got tickets to tour Alcatraz. I've been there before and was anxious for Guy to see it. The "rock" is amazing and hard to imagine being incarcerated there. After the boat ride back across, we took a bus tour that was also a walking tour through China Town. It began with a meal at an authentic Chinese Restaurant, where we met people from New Zeland, Scotland and England. What a mixture! The walking tour was led by a Chinese Professor, who was not only very knowlegable, but entertaing and humorous. We saw how fortune cookies were made and able to taste the samples as well. Back on the bus, we drove across the Bay Bridge over to Treasure Island. Our driver was a nice enough fella, but he was from Austria and had such a heavy thick accent, we could hardly understand what he was saying. He stopped at green and proceeded at red lights. Go figure! We never got back to our hotel in Mill Valley until midnight...(fand I'm not going to even tell about getting lost AGAIN)...part of our adventure....