Wednesday,
19 Sep 2012 – Yes, we have departed for ANOTHER cruise. This time, we’ll be sailing on the Sea
Princess from San Francisco, CA, to Sydney, Australia, with stops in Hawaii,
Tahiti, Bora Bora, Pago Pago, and New Zealand.
We
left home a little after 8 AM yesterday, & flew from Peoria to Detroit and
then on to San Francisco. Last night and tonight we’re staying at Hotel Beresford
in
downtown San Francisco, not far from Union Square. We’ll be
We
arrived at the hotel around 7 PM; then we enjoyed a very elegant dinner at the
Cesario’s Restaurant, about three doors from the hotel. Ordinarily, we wouldn’t have chosen such an expensive
restaurant, but we did not feel comfortable wandering around downtown San
Francisco after dark.
This
morning we met up with a couple that lives in Australia. She (Gail) and Sally met online through a
cruising website, and found that she and her husband (Jim) were staying at the
same hotel as we are in San Francisco.
They came a few days early to the U.S. to see sights before the cruise. Anyway, we four rode on the
cable car and then walked, ending up at Fisherman’s Wharf. We walked around there, & then sat on a
bench having a snack while gulls and pigeons eyed us from a rail about 3 feet
in front of us.
After a substantial rest
there, we hopped on a tourist bus, which we rode along the piers and back up to
within about 6 blocks of our hotel. Not
being very exciting people ourselves, it’s been enjoyable to have another
couple to pal around with. Also, there’s
less chance of getting lost when there are 4 of us, which is an important
consideration for us! Tonight, we four ate
at Lori's Diner, similar to a Denny’s but with a 1950’s décor, including a
car of that vintage in the middle of the restaurant.
This
morning we met up with a couple that lives in Australia. She (Gail) and Sally met online through a
cruising website, and found that she and her husband (Jim) were staying at the
same hotel as we are in San Francisco.
They came a few days early to the U.S. to see sights before the cruise. Anyway, we four rode on the
cable car and then walked, ending up at Fisherman’s Wharf. We walked around there, & then sat on a
bench having a snack while gulls and pigeons eyed us from a rail about 3 feet
in front of us.  |
| At Union Square |
 |
| At Lori's |
After
breakfast tomorrow morning we will take a taxi to the Sea Princess, where we
will board and get settled into our cabin, soon to start enjoying the four
at-sea days en route to Hawaii – and all those following days until our flight
back home on October 22.
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