We arrived on time at 1400 local, the plane came in from the North and we got a great view of the North of the city and it was weird to see clear skies and a big thread of fog rolling in down the centre of the Bay. We got off the plane and through to Immigration. Even though there were dozens of desks, it still took 40 minutes from landing to g...

Breakfast was at Lori's Diner just down the road on Powell. We had a full breakfast with pancakes, has bropwn, bacon, eggs, the never ending cup of coffee etc. The food was OK but not brilliant, the hash browns were not very good, soggy and not cooked properly. We then met a San Franciscan icon - or two of them. These two old ladies were inside...

Breakfast was at Sears Fine Foods just down from the hotel. There is normally a queue out the door but we were lucky and got in for seats at the bar. We had Al's specials with bacon, eggs, pancakes, maple syrup and coffee that just doesn't stop getting refilled. The hash browns were much better than the ones we got in Lorie's. We wandered into t...

We had a long lie today to let our aching muscles rest (though to be honest they are not as bad as I expected them to be, maybe we are fit after all!) and headed out at 0930. We had intended having breakfasts at The Cheesecake Company above Macy's but Macy's didn't open till 1000, so we wandered around the Financial area to the east of Union Sq...