San Francisco - 23rd May 2012

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Today is a free day!

Di is up early to get all the laundry done in the hotel washroom. I have a bit of a lie-in.We catch-up on a few things, and then head-out at around 10:30. We have decide to make today a shopping day, I need some things for the cruise. We skip breakfast and walk down to the shopping area which is called Union Square. We spend quite a lot of time in Macy's. There are two separate stores, one for men and one for women. We spend 2-3 hours shopping. We then decide to go to Fishermen's Wharf for lunch and catch a tram that takes us right down there.

We eat at a real nice restaurant that overlooks the Bay called "The Francescan". We have a good lunch. I have Crab Enchillado and Di has "Fish and Chips"!!. There are photographs of all famous celebrities in the restauarant, I assume that they are past customers?. We then get the bus back to the hotel.

In the evening there is dinner for the majority of the Great Railway Travel group who will hread back to the UK tomorrow ("The Last Supper"). We eat at a local Italian restaurant, which is in walking distance just around the corner from the hotel. It is a set meal and is really good. After the meal some of us have a nightcap at the hotel bar, then off to bed

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