This morning the Street Cars are running, yippee, they've been on strike for 2 days. They are great fun and marvellous how they work on the cables. The drivers and brake men really have to know what they are doing. We went up from Fishermans Wharf to Union square on the street car then wandered through China town, (check out the photos in the San Fran Album). We loved the vibe in china town. On entering the district through the Dragon Gate, the Main Street is hu...

Dolphin day has arrived, early start and a bit foggy, phoebe (and mum and dad) slept better

We just can't believe the weather here. During days it's been not bad, bit cool in the breeze and bit cloudy but some sun too. BUT in the mornings and especially the evenings the fog rolls in and it's absolutely freezing. The first evening we tried to tough it out but we were chilled to the bone by the time we got back to the hotel after dinner. Also we have an evening tour of Alcatraz booked for Friday and have been told to wrap up as it's very cold out in the b...

I can't believe I swam with dolphins this morning. At 10:00 this morning we walked into the classroom to learn fun and interesting facts about dolphins. We were then given a wetsuit and water booties to put on before we went into the water. The dolphins we got to meet were 4 girls called Jasmine, Chelsea, Mattie (my absolute favorite) and the other ones name I can't remember. First we got to pat Chelsea, next Jasmine came up and jumped onto the platform we were s...

Hi everyone we had a fun time yesterday at the Musée Mécanique. The Musée Mécanique is a arcade full of vintage games (from 1900's to 1990's). Such as Whack-a-mole, Pinball, Space Invaders and many others I can not list as there are so many but are all so much fun. There was this game where two people have a little boxer to move around. There were buttons to push to punch and the first one to knock the other down wins. Me and my mum did it and we both fell do...