First time I tried Uber. We clicked for a ride and literally the car pulled in less than one minute the driver popped out and said “Michelle?” This was quite startling. He owned a Mongolian restaurant and we decided to go. There is a very strong Russian influence to the Mongolian plates. He had us try their vodka which is really spoiled milk. I would not recommend this even to my enemy :)
I came here for a conference for work but given that I was on a different time zone I was able to fit a lot of tourist excursions in, plus, we stayed some extra days. This was very cool especially give San Francisco is so expensive.
Of course the highlight for me was seeing the Edvard Munch exhibit in the San Francisco MOMA. How fortuitous that the conference and the exhibit were at the same time.
Another surprising event was on the first night when we went to eat at the Fisherman’s Wharf. Humorously I was struggling to photograph a sea lion in the water. He was bobbing in and out so it was proving to be quite difficult. Then I was looking across the table and I noticed a hundred of them. Literally! :) We went down to look at them and they were so loud and boisterous. What a joy!
We were on East Coast time so as if I do not get up early already we were easily up before 6 am on the West Coast. We loved the ferry station. That was our breakfast place and then we would take a morning walk which turned out to be very lucky. We were able to get tickets to Alcatraz that weekend because a tour had cancelled ten minutes before. Apparently people buy them months in advance.
We got lucky again when we visited the Golden Gate bridge. We were able to go to the top because the day was so clear. No smog! Can you believe it?