Tuesday, 24 July 2007

Bringing Fiji Time to San Francisco


Jul 22nd. Talk about the power of the facebook community, A friend Petra from Austria who I met at Octopus in Fiji saw that my status said 'Sitting in a laundromat in San Francisco' and she just happened to be in SF as well so we managed to meet up on the 21st for dinner and drinks and then have a nice relaxing day together bringing the fabled 'Fiji Time' to the US. I have to say I had a hangover from the carafe of wine from dinner the night before and couldn't eat my breakfast so taking things slowly and not doing much certainly appealed. We had a wander around the farmers market at the Wharf and got some supplies for a picnic which we had at Golden Gate park. Then we went to check out the bridge which unfotunately was shrouded in mist but we drove over it to Sausalito which is a little touristy town on the other side and wandered around the place and had some ice cream. By the time we got back to the bridge we had jaw dropping views of the bridge bathed in sunshine which was fantastic. After this we went on a mission to find a Mission Burrito (Mission is the latino district in SF). We found a place which had a couple of mexican guitarists outside which is always condusive to getting a good Burrito and we weren't disappointed. The cost and size of it were fantastic too. After waddling back to the car it was time for a final cocktail at a swanky bar before Fiji time was declared officially over.
Pictures (Left) - Slightly foggy golden gate, (Right) - Sunny golden gate

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