Day 8

We spent the day at Fisherman’s Wharf. All the tours to Alcatraz were sold out until Monday so we convinced ourselves that it wasn’t worth visiting anyway. We discovered a Johnny Rockets adjacent to a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, add a Starbucks down the block and you’ve got a perfect lunch! We walked all around the Wharf watching street performers, who do amazing things to make a buck. We had to return to our hotel to do laundry (because it closes at 8:30 PM and we couldn’t do our laundry last night). Anyway, we returned back to the Wharf in the night and had dinner at the bistro in Boudin, the famous bakery/factory (http://www.boudinbakery.com/). I tried shrimp stuffed with crab-cake-something, really good, and the dessert and espresso were also good.  After dinner we walked around the pier (more performers) and then went to Haight Ashbury to a “café/lounge” called Kan Zaman, but unfortunately it was full. That neighborhood is really still stuck in the 70s. Tomorrow we leave to Seattle, a long 13-hour drive, so we should arrive inshallah very late in the night. We’ll spend 5 nights (and 3 full days) before returning back to Boston. The road trip is great so far!