Visiting San Francisco For the First Time Since COVID

Friday, Nov.22. 2024 --- I was not sure if we chould fly to the U.S. as I was experiencing some stomach pain almost all day the day before. I went to our famiy doctor who referred me to a full stomach ultra sound exam but I couldn’t get one on the same day. I decided to defer this medical exam until the following week when we would be back. We went home and I called Et and asked him if the hotel fees could be refunded should we decide not to fly to SF the day after. ET was at a wedding and I felt bad bothering him. He told me not to worry about the hotel as he felt my health was more important. He asked me to call him back after a few hours to confirm if we would be taking this trip so that he would know wether he should cancel the hotel booking. I prayed hard about it and also made a lot of organic ginger tea with honey and drank it. My stomach started to calm down and the pain lessened. By the time around 10pm, we made a decision to go ahead with our trip to the U.S. We talked to ET and confirmed our departure for the next day. Hallelujah, thank God for listening to my prayers!

Saturday Nov. 2024 --- Having made the decision of taking our trip to the U.S, I became excited and happy about seeing ET there. I finished packing our bags and managed to go to bed by 1 a.m. but couldn’t sleep at all. The Uber ride came at 6 a.m. and off we went to the airport. This was the first time we flew with Porter Airline, a small Toronto airline with a much smaller plane than we had expected. But the service was pretty good with two services each with complimentary drinks and snacks.

We arrived at the San Francisco airport shortly around 2pm. ET was also flying back from a trip to a friend’s wedding around the same time. We met up and got in the same taxi ride . He took us to sign in at the Hyatt Regency on 3rd / Market St. What a nice hotel, just like a resort! Since it was near Christmas, the hotel was beautifully decorated. We looked forward to spending a whole week relaxing in San Francisco without running around trying to see as much as we did in our younger days. After checking in, we went to the Grove, just across the street from the hotel and had our first meal in the city. ET met a couple of friends and we enjoyed our meal there. Nice décor since it was Christmas time.

Since both ET and we were up very early that morning, we called it a day and went back to the hotel. We discovered the lounge at the Hyatt hotel reserved for speciall hotel guests. There was some beverages, hotel made pizza, cold meat, cheese and crackers, fresh fruits and many other delicious food items included in the evening snack available from 6 to 8 pm. Another great service at the hotel! RT, San Francisco USA nov2024