Around the World in a Day

My sister, Shelly, visited for a week just about the time that the kids started school. While she was here we went to San Francisco for the day. Just us, no children allowed.


First stop was Coit Tower.


Then we parked the car at Ghirardelli Square and travel the "world" via cable car.


We had a light snack at a little English tea shop. Oolong tea and scones for me. It was lovely.


Lunch was in Chinatown. Chinatown was my favorite spot of the day. It truly felt like we were somewhere different than San Francisco.


While in Chinatown, we visited a fortune cookie factory. These women stuff and fold 10,000 fortune cookies a day! Of course we bought some to bring home.


We took an hour rest in Washington Square Park across the street from Saint Peter & Paul's Cathedral. It was a beautiful day.


Dinner was in North Beach (Little Italy) and was absolutely delicious. The gnocchi I had was made fresh that day and melted in my mouth like soft cheese.


We headed back to Ghirardelli Square for a hot fudge sundae dessert. Oh the chocolate!


We drove over the Golden Gate bridge on the way home. Shelly's never been across it before. Unfortunately the fog had rolled in and this was the only view we got of the bridge. Oh well, next time.

To view Shelly's post of this trip, click here.