from san francisco

Not quite the end, but near. We arrived in San Francisco at near to midday this time, having left Auckland at 7.00 pm their time, we have gone backwards, travelling taking place on the same date. Somehow our brains must have known what was happening because neither of us slept for more than an hour which gave ample time for watching films. I should think that there are very few unviewed movies left, we have seen Slumdog Millionaire, Australia and Quantum of Solace amongst many, in fact Liz managed to watch 5 films en route this time. Once we arrived we found our way to our new Holiday Inn Express (very good value) had a brief rest and then took the airport bus back to the airport(free) and the subway BART into town. San Francisco is about 10 times as large and a million times as lively as most of the places we have been put together. Richard had already been here so knew what to do and we took a tram up the hill from Powell, got out at the very top and walked back down window gazing. We had a very good dinner in a jolly diner, jam packed and then walked about a bit downtown taking in the still busy shops and general feeling of spend. No obvious signs of recession, ie not many Sales but perhaps this was because San Francisco is unique and draws people from everywhere. Perhaps as a consequence of watching so many films and then taking in so many different impressions, we slept SO deeply that we didn't wake up until 9.00 am local time.