Orchard Hotel San Francisco

... on the hanger in the bedroom beside where the suitcases were - doh! We then went out for a walk to try and keep awake. San Francisco is 8 hour behind the UK so at 6pm it was 2am body time. First thing was, it was cold! From the time we ...

... . I thought they looked familiar and had a search on Google later on and found they even have their own Wikipedia entry. The San Francisco Twins are apparently frequently seen around this area of town. We went down to the start of the cable car ride ...

... got slightly lost. Luckily I had taken the TomTom so used that to get us to Sausalito. We caught the 30 minute ferry back to San Francisco. The fog had started rolling back in over the hills by Sausalito, as you can see by the photos, it's really weird ...

... the barmaid. I had three beers and Catriona went onto Captain Morgans when the discovered that they don't do measures in San Francisco - it was a generous measure! We then headed towards Chinatown for food. We had been going to try Chef Jia's ...

... as a weapon if necessary.  *       Wear minimal clothing, especially in some parts of San Francisco. This requires less fabric production. Better still, wear old crappy 'vintage' clothes made out of reclaimed llama ...

... around for an hour admiring the redwoods before getting back to the road, passing San Quentin prison and leaving this northern area of San Francisco, via the Richmond Bridge. We are heading to Tracy, which seems a bit a strange, and then on to Oakdale. ...

... quad of the university (the oldest building on the grounds) is the thing to see. From there it was another short hop back into San Francisco in order to see some more things that I missed on my first visit. I immediately headed to the SF Museum of ...

... in, what I read is a snowy, freezing UK, at 10.30am December 15th 2008 after spending 6 nights in San Francisco spoiling ourselves at the Orchard hotel, Union Square & paying some much needed attention to my neglected wardrobe! But it hasn't all ...

... eye.  The service was outstanding as were the meals.  Way to travel! Returned to Singapore for a day of rest at the Orchard Hotel – Singapore no longer rates as a favourite city of mine and a 'must return’ destination.  Not that ...

... .  Found a nice helpful girl in the Levi shop and bought some sanfancisco jeans - daft really as I'd tried to buy them in San Francisco but no-one around to serve and get the right sizes out!  Also found shoe shops galore and bought a couple of ...

... scenery you could imagine.   Best hotel: This was a very tough one but fuss has to be made about the Orchard Hotel in San Francisco, a wonderful eco hotel in Union Square. Mention has go with the Sunset Inn & Suites in Vancouver. Well located ...

... referred us to his daughter who spoke English and we order a meal and she informed us that she had been to California and loved San Francisco.  She then asked where we had been in Provence and proceeded to tell us of a number of must see villages in ...

... trees. The approach to Jerusalem reminded me very much of the Hill Country, and Jerusalem itself is very hilly, like San Francisco, San Diego,  or Eureka Springs, except much more rugged rather than the softness of those hilly cities.   By ...

... long weekend in Iceland with no sleep, and a day in NYC to take in the sight before I pampered myself with 36 hours back in San Francisco. 22 hours of flying and some bad sleep have left me in Singapore and I feel great. Fruit Shake, an Egg Prata and ...