Fishermans' Wharf to Art Museums

Hello again all!!

Had a really great sleep - i woke up at 9am (which, for you who know me) is a huge sleep in!! So i must have been tired!!

No clubbers coming in at 4am yaya!!!

Had breakfast (very basic - my first bagel, waffles, OJ and tea and coffee (good god eliza they are turning me into a tea drinker- what will happen when i go to england??))

Baha i just leant a red pen to an irish girl next to me who chews lady, and i said "i don't know if it works but" and she said "no thankyou, its GRAND!!"

Went to a two hour yoga class this morning - which was really difficult!! my arms were shaking especially on downward dog.

Then walked into fishermans' wharf. Checked out the Hyde street pier, with all old fashioned boats, then to Pier 39, home of the plentiful sea lions (saw none) and where you can eat clam chowder out of a hollowed out loaf of sourdough bread!! (actually it was quite disgusting)

Watched the world famous street performers - this place reminds me a lot of circular quay, just a little more commercialised.

Then walked ALL THE WAY into the city, which is the equivalent of walking from school to faulconbridge, probably. I could have caught a bus but wanted to see the city - you take more in by foot.)

Found the San Fran museum of modern art. And, just to make all you art fenatics jealous, i saw:

Matisse, Frida Kahlo, Jeff Koons (michael jackson and bubbles), marcel duchamps (fountain - the urinal one), magritte, salvador dali (YES!!) and more. It was awesome seeing stuff we had studied at school.

Caught the Muni (light rail) back home, then shopped at Safeway like all americans do (took me an hour to find everything - its really hard finding stuff in quantities for just one person eg. loaves of bread.) Then walked home (i walked about 4 hours straight today at least) in the freezing summer buffeting wind.) Made myself a great dinner (steak, salad, bread and yoghurt.)

Met two girls who are staying in the same room as me, called holly and jenny, from LA. They talked to me for all of ten minutes and had already invited me out for thai dinner (had to refuse though - already eaten.) But i am happy to have actually talked to some people. There are also two australians here - you can pick them out straight away because they don't talk to anyone!!! I wouldn't have thought that. I guess coming around the other side of the world by yourself can cause people to go into their shells a bit. I don't mind being a loner for now. At least i have the internet!! It saves me!!