Adventures in PEI and Beyond!: Enjoying Our Visit in Sunny California

We continued our vacation in sunny California!

After saying good bye to our friend in Nevada after lunch, we returned our rental car to the rental company in Las Vegas.

We thought we might have time to visit another attraction but returning our car took much longer than we had anticipated.

We abandoned the idea and boarded our scheduled flight to San Francisco to continue our trip in California.

the famous Cable Car in San Francisco

Our flight took off at around 8p.m.

It was around 11pm when we landed in San Francisco.

By the time we took a taxi and checked into the hotel, it was well past 12am the next day. We were exhausted and went to sleep.

A nice stroll to the Union Square

S. came to see us at the hotel the next day but he did not like where we were staying.

However, we did not mind it as we liked being close to everything.

It was lovely to see bright colourful flowers blooming this time of the year!

We walked by the B. clothing store. S. was looking for a coat so we went in and he tried one. The prices of these brand name clothing was quite outrageous.

Union Square, San Francisco

S. took us to the Union Square, a park in the middle of downtown San Francisco.

The Apple Store in SF has a gigantic open balcony facing the street.

Since S had to get something in the Apple Store, he took us there.

The Apple Store in San Francisco is located right in the Union Square, with modern architecture and furnishing.

The store has a gigantic open balcony facing the street.

The Apple Store in SF is a store with modern architecture & furniture

A bright and sunny spot, the store had a lot of seats in the shape of cubes placed throughout the place.

There were quite a few people and S. was so excited when he was in the store as if he were home.

We had a good view of the streets from the open balcony of the Apple Store

Standing in front of the open balcony, we had an excellent view of the streets below us.

A two story tour bus full of passengers was passing by with the passengers on the upper deck waving at us n the store.

A lovely seating area at the back of the store

It was fun waving back to them for a little while.

China Town entrance, San Francisco

Since we were close to Chinatown S. suggested we to go for a dim sum lunch there.

Cute money sculptures in China Town, SF

I ordered the food but missed his favorites.

China Town, SF, One of the Oldest in North America

I need to remember his favorite dim sum including shrimp dumplings and other items with no bones or shells.

After lunch we took a walk and strolled in the park in China town.

There was a beehive of activities in the park.

Wall mural in Chin Town, SF

There was a beehive of activities in the park.

Playing their traditional Chinese musical instruments.

A few seniors congregated in the park; some were singing while others were playing their traditional Chinese musical instruments.
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Chess game - a spectators' sport in China Town, SF

A few groups were playing chess surrounded by spectators offering their unsolicited next moves in their chess games.

A statue commemorating the democracy movement in China

We thought it was interesting that there was a statue called the Goddess of Democracy commemorating the democracy movement at the Tian Men Square in China.

A bubble tea shop in SF's China Town

Since S. lives in San Francisco, he knows where the good and bad areas are. It really bothered him that we unknowingly chose a hotel in a questionable area.

So we went for bubble tea and checked out some of the hotels in a better area. We did find some with comparable prices and decided that we would change hotel.

A street performer in SF

We walked back to our hotel to make arrangement to move out to another hotel.
while S. went home to make arrangement for a zip car rental.

We enjoyed out walk back to the hotel as we stopped and watched some street buskers performing their shows.