Spent much of last week with friends starting with Jo and Victor, who were here on a week-long recce trip. They will be relocating to Redwood City/San Mateo next February, so hurray for me for I'll have more people to hang out with!
Last Thursday they've very kindly allowed me to tag along on their day-trip to San Francisco City. We spent a couple of hours at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market where we had yummy hotdogs and burgers for lunch from the street side stalls. I had expected it to be windy but the weather was superb. It was great strolling along the pier and taking in the sights of people reading, chatting and eating against the magnificent backdrop of the Bay Bridge under clear blue skies.
Shortly after lunch we headed towards Pier 39 - Fisherman's Wharf. It was funny as we were hit by fishy smells as soon as we got near the pier. And then we saw it. Basking in the warm afternoon sun was a small colony of sea lions! They weren't barking, like what you'd see on NatGeoTV, just.... sleeping, rolling and lazing around (strangely reminding me of women sunbathing on a French beach). If we need a demonstration of how one should blissfully soak up the California sun without a care in the world, this is it.
The bad thing about winter is that daylight is extremely short and we had to head back home before 4pm to beat the traffic. So after the warm cup of coffee at the sidewalk (and trying to fend off pigeons which were surrounding us in hope of food), we started our journey back to the small town.
Even though it was a rather short trip to town, for the first time I stepped foot on USA, I felt like a happy tourist. Much thanks to Jo and Victor for the fun day out. I suspect they just wanted to let me see the place and have a little bit of fun because they've both been to the Ferry Building and the Fisherman's Wharf before. Needless to say I really appreciated their company... and look forward to more trips together next year!
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Stalls of all sorts lined the front of the Ferry Building. The Farmers Market is only available on Tue, Thu and Sat. |
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With pretty Jo! |
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Chilli Cheese hotdog... spiced up my taste buds. |
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The Bay Bridge. I need to get better lens for my camera. My NEX-5 is currently quite limited in terms of zooming range. |
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Arriving at Pier 39. Jo joked that one of Victor's talents is to get the most number of people in those stretch-arm-and-shoot! photos. |
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Can you smell... I mean, see them? |
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These two got my vote for the cutest sea lions of the lot. |
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