Ok, so we made it back safe and sound. We even had a really great trip. Sorry to leave you with all the bad images in your heads. But by the time I wrote that last post all the misery was basically forgotten. Now on to the good stuff:


When in San Francisco one must do all the fun touristy things, right? Absolutely! Despite the fact that I was flying solo during the day, I decided to be a big girl and go adventuring on my own. It’s not so scary in the nice parts of town!


I walked from our hotel down to Union Square (there is a mall there, how scary could that be?) and hopped on the Trolley. I toured San Francisco’s infamous Nobb Hill and winded my way down to the pier. It was the most beautiful day, like 80 degrees, with no wind or clouds in site. How unSan Francisco is that? I packed sweaters because, hello! it’s late November and it is suppose to be windy in the Bay Area. Yeah, not happenin’ while I was there.


Then I needed to slip in some shoppin’ so I went to Ghirardelli Square. Yeah, as in the chocolate company. Mmmmmmm. Free samples never tasted so good. I loaded up my purse with all the candy I could hold and swore I would not eat any without Sim (you better believe I made him sit down so we could devoured some as soon as he finished training!) and tried to decide what to do next. I pulled out the handiest tourist map EVER and realized how much ground I had already covered. And it was only noon. So I decided I wanted to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge.


So I took a bus all the way to the point and wandered around the Golden Gate Park. Then, after grabbing a bottle of water (and a quick trip to the restroom), I set across the bridge.


Then I was totally exhausted (not to mention very hot), so I decided to call it quits for the day and head back to meet Simeon. The next day I ventured out and decided to take the trolley again, with every intention of getting off and exploring China Town. But for some reason I couldn’t resist the pull of the pier and headed down there for lunch. While I was eating I kept looking towards the bay. Finally I decided to buy a ticket, jump on a boat, and take a tour of Alcatraz.

There is far too much to tell you about here, because I get so excited and go on and on and on. But all I can say is I highly recommend it. I had a blast and thought it was the most fascinating place. Even by myself. And that is saying a lot. So if you are ever in San Fran and have a couple hours to kill, do the tour. You won’t regret it. (But if you are really curious, I took a million pics to share with Sim cause he couldn’t go with me.)


That evening I took Simeon out to share a little bit of San Francisco with him. I couldn’t let his entire vacation be inside a classroom. So I made him ride the trolley with me. All the way to China Town….


…which was quite creepy. So we only walked in a few blocks and decided that was enough for us. And we got back on the fun, touristy trolley.


During the couple evenings we were in San Francisco we met up with some local friends of ours (thanks Rob and Kristen!!) who took us out to dinner at the Fisherman’s Grotto and for drinks at the Buena Vista; birthplace of the Irish Coffee. We even caught a show while we were in town: Cirque Du Soleil “Corteo” which Simeon was dying to see. You can check out the rest of the pictures from our trip in the San Francisco and San Francisco II galleries. Sorry there is a ton, but I hope you can enjoy them and, if nothing else, live vicariously through me!