The San Fran contradiction

Mecredi- A week come and gone- day 8

We knew this would be the day we got rid of the ol' buick. Amanda ventured out to see some sights with her friend Janet, while I waited with the buick for a tow truck that would be there "within the hour".

Amanda's lovely day- Crookedest street in the world, Fisherman's wharf, laid around the park, watched sea lions, went shopping, lovely catch up with Janet.

Sandie's crappy day- Sat with the buick in San Fran's hottest day of the year. Tow truck finally comes 5 LONG hours later, and the Buick is gone. Worse yet-no money for it. A bittersweet end- happy the car is gone, but ever grateful it got us this far. We cursed and doubted the poor thing many times since Winnipeg, but it got us through nearly to the end. Cheers Buick, we love you!

The day ended with a lovely dinner followed by drinks with Jason and Janet. We were all the loving the hot hot weather along with the rest of San Francisco.


Day 9- Wednesday- Amanda and Sandie joining the throngs of tourists

Our day began with sorting and repacking our belongings, trying to give Jason his living room back. First stop of the day- Full House house, and the infamous Victorian Painted Ladies. We took the city bus to Alamo Square, which gives a great view of the famous row of 7 houses set infront of the San Fran skyline. We sang more of the Full House song and had a riot trying to imitate the Tanner family as much as possible in a hilarious series of pictures.


From there we took the bus back downtown towards Fishermans wharf, passing through the Jazz district, Japantown, and Chinatown. At the wharf we ate the famous sourdough breadbowls filled with a veggie alternative to the classic clam chowder.

After lunch we went and saw the sea lions, and took a tourist photo on the famous trolley. Then it was time for a ride on The Dixie- Joe Dimaggio's dad's 1923 fishing boat. We went for a rough sail around Alcatraz island, and Amanda saw a harbour porpoise! We had a great view of the city and also witnessed the fog roll in over the Golden Gate. Captain Morrie was a hoot, he told us many stories of fishing on the open sea.


We dashed back to Jason's, via Coit Hill, where we got another amazing view of San Fran, this time in it's usual fog. We packed and loaded all our stuff, and the lovely Janet and her old students visiting from Korea dropped us off at the Greyhound.

Another sad good-bye, we would have loved to stay in San Fran longer. We'll miss you Janet, come visit us in NZ!