After a long run around Alameda, just ten minutes drive from our Motel and a nicer area (ie looks like there may be less chance being shot), we headed into downtown San Francisco. We had a couple of items on our itinery for the day - firstly a trip to Pier 39 - home of the sea lions and hoards of fellow tourists and then onto Doug’s house (who we met on our Kiwi run tour) for a spot of dinner and socialising.
Pier 39 didn’t disappoint despite us feeling a little chilly in our shorts. The pier consisted of lots of typical souvenir shops and a number of delicious looking (and smelling) café’s. We marvelled at them for a while whilst sat outside eating our squashed homemade cheese sandwiches, planning what we would buy when we come back with nice fat juicy bank accounts. We didn’t stay too long as I was keen to see the sea lions. I have to admit to not really knowing what a sea lion was - I thought they were basically seals. I wouldn’t have been so far wrong except they are absolutely huge! Bigger even than me, and not something I’d like to have fall on top of me that’s for sure (not sure I‘ll ever be in a situation where that could happen though so it‘s all good). They had attracted quite a crowd, and were entertaining everyone by barking loudly and plopping off the pier into the water for a swim.
After negotiating the street car back to Doug’s house, we spent the rest the afternoon and evening with Doug, Doug’s wife Kazumi, and Emi, Doug’s daughter, aswell as another couple of Doug’s friends. We had a really enjoyable evening and Kazumi cooked a traditional Japanese meal which was delicious and more than made up for our budget lunch. After dinner, I was challenged to some Wii fit by Emi and I was horrified to achieve a ‘Wii Fit age’ of 37!! I’m going to blame that on the couple of glasses of champagne consumed beforehand, either that or the machine malfunctioned just when I stepped on and then was fine for everyone else!
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