Monday in SF

Monday, March 25, 2013

Dave and I decided to celebrate our 15th Anniversary a little early by spending a few days in San Fransico.  Donna came to our house to stay with the kids and we took an early flight out of Vegas.  We took a train into the city, bought a MUNI pass to ride the busses and trolleys, then started walking to the hotel.  We walked a long way - in the wrong direction!   We finally got directions and made it to the Hotel Vertigo, based on the Hitchcock movie.  The movie played in the lobby 24 hours a day. Neither of us has seen it but it is on our list.  The hotel was very retro.

                   

After dropping off our things, we took the trolley down near the Wharf and had breakfast at the Hollywood Cafe.  I had yummy Eggs Benedict.

                                  

After we ate, we walked around the wharf area and tried to adjust to the much colder weather.

Dave had booked a Segway tour for us to take, I called it a DORK tour, but Dave was pretty excited about it.  It took quite a while to watch the safety video and learn the basics of operating them.  The tour finally got going and the took us around the warf area, pointing out landmarks and places to eat.

We made a stop at this park and Dave and I went into this Cathedral.  The woodwork and stained glass windows were beautiful.

The tour took longer than expected so when we got back to the hotel, it was time to head to the basketball game Dave had gotten tickets for.  My foot had been bothering me and I was wearing my boot from when I had broken it, so walking was very difficult and I was so tired. We had to take the train and more walking was involved  The Lakers (including Kobe Bryant) were playing the Golden State Warriors.

The Lakers were having a terrible game and it was not very exciting until the last quater.  The Lakers had a come back, but it was too little too late.  After the game we headed back to the hotel and passed out.