Day 37 San Francisco & Day 38 Penzance

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.