Friday, October 31st, we chose a day in San Francisco. We found a great little travel book that talks about the 10 best things to do in San Francisco in many different categories. We put China Town into the GPS and found parking near the entrance to this area although it spreads out over many blocks. We kept getting turned around walking up and down the streets and looking at our little book map. We got some good exercise to say the least. China Town is crowded with very little room to walk along the side walks. Claude popped into a small chinese deli and chose to eat a couple of "things" they had for sale. He did not rave about them but he did express some suprise at what was inside. I passed on that treat. We really wanted to find the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Company that was listed in the 10 best book. We had a heck of a time and realized it was in a kind of sleezy side alley where a husband and wife were sitting in a crowded room making fortune cookies by taking the round, flat cooked cookie off the hot cookie cooker, placing a fortune in each one and folding it over. It was not automated or grand like I expected it would be but rather humbling really. He let us take his picture for 50 cents plus we had a warm sample. He probably makes 50 bucks a day getting his picture taken. (see photo)
We had lunch at the DIM SUM restaurant. It wasn't rated in the book, but it had many awards plastered on the window. We chose to have Pan Fried Pork Dumpling, Fried Old Fashion Dumplings, Honey Glazed Barbecued Pork and Vegetarian Crisp Spring Rolls. You get a little bit of each thing so it is fun to try. I liked the spring rolls best and the BBQ pork.
After wandering around trying to find the Cable Car, we jumped on it and headed toward Fisherman's Warf leaving our car in China Town. It was a fun ride but it was raining lightly by that time. Claude hung onto the outer railing and the "Grip Person" (the person who makes sure the brakes are working) was entertaining and watchful at the same time. It was fun.
When we got to Fisherman's Warf we had to see the Boudin Sourdough Bread company. It was really cool. We have a video here of them making some sourdough items. We decided to see the Aquarium since I had never been inside one of those walk through tunnel type aquariums before. It was really well done and so soothing with calming music playing, low lights and a real feeling of being underwater. I loved watching the anchovies swim together, more like a dance really. We finished off there by walking around Pier 39 until Claude's feet hurt then we took a cab back to our car.
I really wanted to see Lombard street (the crookedest street in the world they say) So we put it in our GPS and found it. It was fun going down it with my head sticking out of the sun roof while taking a movie. The movie isn't that great, so you don't get to see if here.
That was our day in San Francisco. It takes quite awhile to see all that is there and a person could spend days checking it out. We think we would really enjoy biking over the golden gate bridge, so if it works out with improved weather (it's raining today) we may be able to fit that in next week. I hope so...it would be a life time experience.
Just so you know, I'm not able to add to the blog every day since we may get home late or some days are just "regular" days with nothing exciting involved. Today we are hanging around here. Morgan Hill is a nice area to fiddle around in. Thanks for staying tuned.
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