Chilly
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Friday April 1st 2011
We both wake up early before the alarm goes off and decide to try the hotel breakfast, its not great but does us. We hope on a couple of busses and arrive at Golden Gate Park. We arrive at the California Science Institute, I nearly get a free ticket as someone leaves one in the self service machine but he comes back and i'm good and hand it over. The Institute doesn't turn out to be what I thought it was going to be, it sounded a lot better and larger in my guide book (but that was a few years old) and for the price I was quite disappointed but we make the most of it and go round all the exhibit's. One of the best bits was lunch, although that was also a bit pricey it had a huge selection and it was all freshly made.
They had lots of fish
Albino Aligator
Beautiful railing
Penguins!
More penguins - we're both big fans
Big tree
Parrot
Roof thing!
Lunch
When we have seen everything we head out to explore the park, I again got it wrong, I thought the different bits such as the Japanese garden would be free but they weren't. We decide to rent a pedalo and spend an enjoyable hour floating round the lake drinking a slushie.
Again we take 2 busses back to the hotel which are both packed. When we change for the 2nd bus the 1st bus that comes along doesn't stop as its too full but then 3 come along at once! Back at the hotel we rest and then change before jumping a bus down to the wharf. Its really windy tonight. We find a restaurant to eat at, I get an ocean breeze cocktail. DH gets clams for dinner and I have tortalina after my first 2 choices are sold out. Get ghirardelli for pudding then its back to the hotel.
Up next - Union Square, Grace Cathedral, Sealions
We both wake up early before the alarm goes off and decide to try the hotel breakfast, its not great but does us. We hope on a couple of busses and arrive at Golden Gate Park. We arrive at the California Science Institute, I nearly get a free ticket as someone leaves one in the self service machine but he comes back and i'm good and hand it over. The Institute doesn't turn out to be what I thought it was going to be, it sounded a lot better and larger in my guide book (but that was a few years old) and for the price I was quite disappointed but we make the most of it and go round all the exhibit's. One of the best bits was lunch, although that was also a bit pricey it had a huge selection and it was all freshly made.
They had lots of fish
Albino Aligator
Beautiful railing
Penguins!
More penguins - we're both big fans
Big tree
Parrot
Roof thing!
Lunch
When we have seen everything we head out to explore the park, I again got it wrong, I thought the different bits such as the Japanese garden would be free but they weren't. We decide to rent a pedalo and spend an enjoyable hour floating round the lake drinking a slushie.
Again we take 2 busses back to the hotel which are both packed. When we change for the 2nd bus the 1st bus that comes along doesn't stop as its too full but then 3 come along at once! Back at the hotel we rest and then change before jumping a bus down to the wharf. Its really windy tonight. We find a restaurant to eat at, I get an ocean breeze cocktail. DH gets clams for dinner and I have tortalina after my first 2 choices are sold out. Get ghirardelli for pudding then its back to the hotel.
Up next - Union Square, Grace Cathedral, Sealions
