We are now
in Penzance taking croissants and coffee in Costa Coffee and using their
complimentary wifi.
On our last
day in San Francisco we took our promised ride on a street car. They were invented by an Englishman to take
goods and people from the wharf to the large houses on the top of the
hill. We went up and down the steep hill
with the road intersections flat it made for a bumpy journey and some of the
video is jerky as we were holding on.
We then had
an hour or so to fill so we went to Union Square where all the fashionable
shops are, including Maceys, and there is a space for artists to sell their
products. I took a picture of Christine
in front of the hotel where the Queen stayed on her visit here. We soon retreated from the shops!
We enjoyed
our stay in San Francisco - it was a friendly, hospitable, clean and
interesting city. We were often reminded
of Scott Mackenzie’s flower power song “Let’s go …………”
We
collected our luggage from the hotel and took a taxi to the airport. We checked in early for our 4:25 flight and
were able to change our seat positions which worked out well. We had some lunch, grabbed a newspaper and
the time soon went until boarding.
The flight
was good and we landed at Heathrow at about 11:00 and were through immigration
and customs soon after 1200. We caught
the railair bus to Reading station and the train down to Penzance at 3:30. We had not slept much on the plane but
managed to doze on the train. We arrived
here just before 900 and were soon ensconced in Heather and Alan’s flat. Shortly afterwards it was off to the land of
nod.
