We are
back in Indianapolis after a great time in San Francisco. I had forgotten how
much I love that city - which I used to visit often but had not seen it for 15
years.
It
appeared that all the Americans who were not in Disneyland were in San
Francisco. We lined up for everything including the cable cars - which were
always packed.
On the
first occasion we lined up for 40 minutes and were going to get the next cable
car – but the system stopped running because of a glitch.
We did
all the touristy things including Fisherman’s Wharf – which I am pleased to see
is just as schlocky and gruesome as it always was. There you can buy tons of
excruciating junk at extraordinary prices or get ripped off in the amusement
parlors. A travelers dream come true.
Not
everything was schlocky and overpriced though
- I got a dozen mini donuts for $6 – excellent value.
The Sea
Lions are there and smell just as bad as they always have. We had crab cakes in
a restaurant which had a great view of Alcatraz - which we did not visit but
which has so many visitors you have to book in advance.
Naturally
we walked across the bridge. Well Kezza and
Hansel did. Gretel threw a wobbly half way across and I had to take her
back to the starting point where we were able to buy smoothies so we would be
kept alive until lunchtime.
We also
went to the Academy of Sciences where there was a 30 minute line for the
rainforest and the café. We chose the café and I had an excellent hamburger. I
mainly loafed about while Kezza and the kids did all the things they wanted to.
The best
thing about San Francisco is that you can buy espresso coffee almost anywhere –
and there was an espresso bar in our
hotel. So when I became coffee deprived I could just have a hit down there.
We have a
few days in Indianapolis where a feast of entertainment waits. There is the
children’s museum – White river park – downtown – the best burgers in the
mid-west (so I am told) and lots of shopping for Kezza.
Yesterday
we took Hansel to Target where he desperately wanted to buy some plastic things
which cunning marketers had come up with. Their ingenuity never ceases to amaze
me. They come up with this weird concept – release cartoon and then market
millions of different characters related to the show.
He bought
a whole bunch of these and they quite made his trip. Gretel bought a Barbie
doll. Apparently they still make them. She seems to be taller than she was and
is perhaps a bit malnourished.
When I
was young I used to play with a wooden peg – and perhaps the dog’s bones when
he had finished with them.
We leave
for New York on Tuesday. Have we got some things to see there!
Someone
has hung a great big sign at Indianapolis.
‘Indianapolis
welcomes All people’.
I guess
this one one step towards mitigating the damage caused by our idjit Republican
legislation and our idjit governor. They caused an immense furore – and quickly
backed down from the stupidest piece of legislation I have seen for a while.
OMG I did not realize this was a seas to shining seas tour.
ReplyDeleteGood luck and all that.
When I was a child I would pretend that shoes were boats. That is much easier than pretending boats are shoes.
ReplyDeleteSaw something about a doctor refusing to provide services to a child because her parents had the same bits...
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ReplyDeleteesb: I did that too. You really need clogs for that.
Keegan88: Anything is possible in America.