lovely bright morning in San Francisco for a change, no mist on this side of the town, although we could see the familiar bank of cloud on the other side of Twin Peaks. Bus took us down top Pier 39 and we headed out the the infamous Alcatraz Prison on "The Rock". Just think, if I had committed murder I would have been released by now and here I am being incarcerated !!!!!!! Excellent tour of the prison complex, complete with an audio commentary which took about three hours in total. Lots to write about but once again not enough time.
Back to the shore where we had a wander through Pier 39 and its maze of restaurants and entertainment, stopped for a nice lunch ( bit expensive once they had added all the taxes and gratuities onto it) and then headed back up into the City on the tram again. Bit of excitement as someone had dropped a cigarette into the area beneath the turntable and caused a fire so the Brigade arrived to quell the flames - ever thing is so dry in this heat and then add a mixture of grease and dust.
Up the hill and into Union Square where we then had a slow walk back down Sutter to the hotel. It has been a good three days here, bit expensive, but given time we would have found the haunts of the locals.
Off again early a.m. making southwards down the coast to Monterey / Pebble Beach area.
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