Are you going to San Fran...cisco ~are you wearing flowers in your hair......

We have arrived! Nice and pleasant drive out here with not much traffic till we hit the outskirts of San Francisco. Bloody hell!!! It is a MADHOUSE. The traffic was horrific with cars driving every which way. We have named our GPS Glenda and she was in meltdown ~ RECALCULATING RECALCULATING as we missed turn after turn because of the traffic. It may have also had something to do with the fact I got it into my head I had to see the Golden Gate Bridge first thing!. We saw it ~ and by this stage we were both close to a nervous breakdown...well me rather than Mr Fab because for someone who gets upset about the silliest things he is remarkably calm in traffic or if he needs to find a parking spot. We have opted for the exorbitant fee of $40 a day parking because we wanted everything to be safe. I have wandered down to the Guest Laundry while Mr F organized drinks and we are just waiting for it to finish so we can go get some lunch/dinner.

So showers then out to find somewhere nice for dinner. We are thinking Chinese so figure maybe Chinatown is the go? If we cant get a decent Chinese in Chinatown we are seriously in the wrong place!!!!!
Jumped in a cab ~ hailed by the Doorman who calls all the women My Lady *swoon*. We asked the cab driver whats the best Chinese Restaurant in Chinatown? He directed us to The Empress of China. We walked down from the main entrance and found it pretty quickly. It was fascinating to see the pictures all over the wall of people who had eaten there. The service was impeccable and the food was unbelievably good. Absolutely scrumptious. We decided to walk around Chinatown for a bit of a look and it is a seriously interesting place. Random people doing strange random things everywhere. We walked back up one of the multitude of hills till we came to a main cross street to catch a cab. It was only $12 including tip so well worth parking the car and not having to deal with the stress of trying to drive in this crazy town.

We want to ride the Trolley Car of course so we are thinking maybe Fisherman's Wharf and Trolleys tomorrow after breaky. We have Alcatraz booked with the Leach's on Saturday and dinner tomorrow night. I will update again later when we have some down time. Missing you all!!!