Days 2 and 3 in San Francisco

This will be the "final chapter" of my trip to Japan and San Francisco. Sunday, Ryan, Holly and Pax and I traveled to the wine country in Napa Valley. We picked up sandwiches to have as we traveled from winery to winery. We did wine tastings at three wineries and had a very enjoyable time and the drive was nice - a few sprinkles but nothing to deter our trip. We got back to San Fran in the afternoon after stopping for Peet's coffee and scones and in the evening went to a get together of Ryan and Holly's "like minded" friends. There were three visitors at this get together of my age which is unusual - usually they are all Ryan's age, etc. Enjoyed some fellowship and a good meal of potato soup and bread. After dinner, i visited a while at Ryan's and then back to the B&B for another good night's sleep.

Monday, i got up and packed everything and Ryan picked me up and after Holly's parents arrived, we all headed to Tartine for a decadent breakfast. It was standing room only there (a very small place) and we intended to eat outside at the tables although it was a bit chilly. The rain ultimately drove us inside to eat standing up at the counter. Most of us had their signature dish - bread pudding - which was wonderful. After the over indulgent breakfast, we all went for a hike up Bernal Hill (the area where Ryan and Holly and Pax live)to work off our breakfast. It was very windy up there so we just did a 360 view of the aerial view of that part of San Fran and then went down the hill to walk on a bit more through the neighborhoods.

The kids took me to the airport around 1:30 and due to weather, i had a 1.5 hour delay out of San Fran putting me into DFW around 9:30 PM. Considering all the travels i have done, i was OK that i had not been delayed at any other time.

This whole trip was a huge success and very enjoyable for me.

This will be my last posting until i embark on another trip.