Day 3. Out in the tourist town!

This is one cosmopolitan city. Dan said yesterday that 60% of those who live here were not born in California, let alone in San Francisco. As well 60% of those who called the city home in 1992 no longer live here. It's difficult to find a local in the tourist areas that's for sure - everyone is asking directions of each other and none of us know where to go! Even a woman from Las Vegas I spoke to on the cable car today said it felt more touristy than Vegas.

Well, I don't know about that but thank goodness for the service providers! From the mall shop assistants to bus drivers to attraction ticket sellers, nothing is a problem (even as many of them are also not from here and don't always know the answers either!). Even so, this has been the heart of SF for us today - as well as trekking the streets and trawling the mall (where Dylan has a newfound passion for buying clothes, sigh!), we have queued into the aquarium, filled our stomachs at the Hard Rock cafe, been strapped into the Rocket Boat, rejuvenated with caffeine and chocolate cake and squeezed into (or clung onto in my case) the cable car, and all with a no-problem attitude.

A happy day!

Denise