ARRIVED IN OAKLAND AROUND LUNCH TIME(STAYING HERE,ITS JUST ACROSS THE BAY BRIDGE FROM SAN FRANCISCO-(YOU'RE RIGHT RICK-HELLUVA LOT CHEAPER THIS SIDE OF THE BAY),GOT SET UP IN A NICE HOTEL,THEN WALKED A COUPLE OF BLOCKS TO THE NEAREST BART STATION(BAY AREA RAIL TRANSPORT) TO HEAD INTO THE CITY-A REAL PUZZLE FOR A START TO DECIPHER THE LINES AND FARES BUT IT DOES GET EASIER,BOB STROLLS ON(390)-HOPE ITS THE RIGHT LINE-IT IS !! ONCE IN THIS MASSIVE PLACE,WE HEAD FOR CHINA TOWN(391)(392)(393)-THEN ON TO THE NORTH BEACH AREA,WHICH I REMEMBER FROM A PREVIOUS VISIT ,AS BEING A LOCALS COMMUNITY WITH LOADS OF SMALL BARS AND SHOPS,FOUND THIS INCREDIBLE RECORD SHOP(394) WHICH CLAIMED TO HAVE 50,000 RECORDS(395)-(WHO SAID VINYL WAS DEAD !!)WENT DOWNSTAIRS IN THE BASEMENT AND THERE THEY WERE(396)..AND IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER EITHER !!!.. COULD SPEND A LIFETIME DOWN THERE ,LOOKING FOR YOUR LOST DISC..ACROSS THE ROAD WE WENT IN THE COLUMBUS CAFE(397) WHERE A HAPPY HOUR WAS ABOUT TO START..THAT WAS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT WAS ABOUT TO START..THE SAN FRANCISCO 'GIANTS' BASEBALL TEAM WERE ABOUT TO KICK OFF-SO WERE THE LOCALS!!! THEY POURED INTO THE BAR-AND WHAT FUN THEY CREATED,BOB SOON BECAME A 'GIANTS' FAN(398)..WE WERE GLUED TO THE BIG SCREEN AS THE PITCHER EYED UP HIS OPPONENT(399) THEN DELIVERED(400) AND GOT A RESULT FOR THE 'GIANTS' FANS(401)-LOVELY FRIENDLY CROWD(402) HAD TO GO THOUGH,AS WE STILL WERE WORKING OUT THE MAP DIRECTIONS,SAW A COUPLE OF AWESOME BUILDINGS (403)(404) ON THE WAY BACK TO THE BART STATION...BACK TOMORROW FOR A BIT MORE,MIGHT EVEN GET TO RIDE THAT CABLE CAR...