San Francisco -The duck tour!We have travelled around cities by boat, bus,train, trolley, cable car and foot, but never by duck.You may think that we were quackers but when the opportunity arose in San Francisco we dived in with both feet. We set off one bright sunny morning- well actually it was wet and cloudy-perfect weather for ducks. You may think that you know what a duck is, but in fact it is an amphibious vehicle that in a former life helped to b...

You will not believe the effort that we have made to write these journal entries. The computers are based in the business centre on the 5th floor of the adjacent building. We need to use a swipe card in the elevator to gain access to this floor. Brian has spent many happy hours on the first floor watching the elevator doors opening and closing without any discernable vertical movement. Sandy has done rather better- she can reach the correct floor, but t...

We are in San Francisco and have flowers in our hair!Mark Twain said " the coldest winter that I have ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." San Francisco definitely has its own identity which is very different to what we seen so far- it is a cultural,zany and humorous place. There are street artists and beggars everywhere. We had an amazing trip to Alcatraz and you really get the feeling of what it would have been like to be a prisoner there { see ...

BERTIE'S GREAT ESCAPEWhen we arrived, the locals told us that no one, but no one had escaped from Alcatraz.But when you are with the minders that I have,anything can happen.This is a true story. It all started one fine November morning when I was strolling along the Wharf front of San Francisco. American customs always confuse me. When I saw this little buggy I thought that it was there for taking fun rides. Imagine my surprise when these 2 burly SFPD officer...