Spending a Rainy Day in Burlingame, Ca. USA

Monday – We walked over to E's place and visited the Millenium Tower, a luxurious condo hotel offering many excellent amenities to its residents such as all day free tea and coffee, a beautiful sitting area with a fireplace, a swimming pool, gym, and a movie theatre plus many organized special events. Unfortunately, the condo has been found sinking about three inches a year. The building is slanting and the developer and its engineers have been working hard to correct the problem for a few years already. E. invited us to visit his new work place in Burlingame and we took an Uber to get there. The ride was about 30 minutes. We would have enjoyed walking around the city had the weather been a little more cooperative. It was raining all day therefore we stayed most of day inside a nice coffee shop pecking away on our computers while E. was at work in his new office. We did get to meet the owner of the business and had some friendly exchanges with her.

Burlingame, a suburban city with a population around 30,000 people, has a walkable downtown. Strolling along the main street, I saw many neat stores, nice shops and fine eateries and resataurants. This is an affluent small city made up of many professional middle class residents and young families. It was delightful watching families with young children having fun and taking pictures beside the colourful Christmas decorations on city streets and some people walking their dogs leisurely on the city sidewalks. With the sweet aroma of baked breads and pastries drifting from the bakery shops, Burlingame felt like a nice village rather than a city.

After office hours, E. called an Uber and took us back to SF for a wine tasting event. E. belongs to a wine club and this wine tasting events happen regularly.

As a member of a wine club, he/ she is committed to buy a certain number bottles of wine every quarter and is entitled to these wine tasting events where one meets and socializes with other wine club members. I had some stomach problems a few days ago but got better since we arrived to SF. But to be on the safe side, I didn't taste any of the wines at all. After the wine tasting, we went to a popular Asian restaurant, the Union Dumpling Restaurant where we enjoyed warm and delicious food.

Tueaday - E. was not well, so we went on our own to explore downtown SF and Chinatown. RT, Burlingame, California, USA