Moving on to San Francisco

We have not been to San Francisco since our daughters were in high school--they are now almost 30. We have wanted, planned & tried to incorporate SF into our travel plans for several years, but something always comes up & we have had to bypass it. But not this time, we made it back.
We stayed at the Fremont Elks and traveled via Bart into the city. Lo & behold we arrived just as the St. Paddy's Day Parade was about to start. We love a parade and so we enjoyed the view.
Our mission this trip was to find a specific patterned of china. We love stir-frys, noodle dishes & Asian soups of several varieties served in our special Chinese dishes. Over the last 6 years a few of our favorite pieces of traditional Chinese dishes had bit the dust. Replacing those pieces has not been easy, so hence our trip to SF Chinatown, which is where we first purchased many of those dishes. Viola, mission accomplished!! We found them, & even a few additions to accompany our find.

Of course no trip into SF would be complete without a good meal. For us we were looking for a meal that Dianne had with a good friend many years ago. The memory still lingered after all these years---so a another quest was taken. Again we hit paydirt--House of Nanking!! We found it, we had lunch and were rewarded with a most a delightful taste treat. A specialty was the tea, wonderful flavor, sweet without sugar & a surprise to us--a flower blossomed in our tea we sipped it--so cool. House of Nanking Rocks!!

We walked from China town to Fisherman's wharf--gee it didn't look that long on the map! Geez our "doggies" were popped by the time we arrived, but nevertheless we did explore Pier 39 offerings. The day was beautiful-sunny & warm, but we were truly exhausted by the time we arrived home later that night.