Today I slept in, I’m still a bit tired from my jet lag. When I got up I first got myself a pre-paid simcard from the AT&T store on Market Street (number: 415-269-6625). What surprised me was that pre-paid is quite expensive here as you even have to pay $ 0,25 per minute for incoming calls! Ah well… as long as I am reachable again After that I had a Mozarella & Eggplant sandwhich and walked around the Financial and SoMa (South of Market street) districts where I stumbled upon a little bit of Utrecht in San Francisco:

This is actually the art store that owns utrecht.com, the domain I have been trying to claim for a while but unfortunately they somehow don’t seem to forget to let the domain name expire The stupid thing is that they actually don’t even use the domain, as it redirects to utrechtart.com. Grrr… Continuing my walk I found the Martin Luther King memorial and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Unfortunately the is always closed on wednesdays so I’ll have to come back tomorrow.

As I had just seen a Ducati Monster ride by I was actually thinking about what kind of motorcycle I would like to get when I will be back home. I don’t think I could do without, especially not in summer And it would be a shame to let my 75% no claim discount expire. So while I was walking around SoMa I bumped into two cool motorcycles parked outside, both of which might be interesting to get back home:

a 2004 Triumph Thruxton 900…

…and a 1975 Moto Guzzi. This one is probably the cheapest

From the Financial district I walked down towards the water where I had a great view of the Bay Bridge (not the Golden Gate bridge) and I saw a sea lion swiming by. From there I walked down the water and headed for Pier 33 where the Alcatraz cruises depart.

Near pier 29 I found a nice with a lot of people sitting outside, and selling german Weissbier So I got me a pint and sat in the sun. Next to me were two women who started talking to me, when I said I was Dutch they started talking in Dutch to me. They appeared to be indonesian and emigrated from Almelo to the USA in 50s. After two beers I was off again, walking over to Pier 33 to book a Alcartaz cruise for Friday. However, when I got there the cruise was fully booked already and the first available cruise was on next Tuesday. A bit too late for me as I will leave on Sunday :S So I walked onto pier 40 and had a look at Alcatraz from over there instead.

The cool thing is that at there is a huge colony of sea lions living on the floating docks of Pier 39:

From there I walked to the Fisherman’s warf, where a lot of sea food restaurants and tourists shops are located. As it was already past seven I walked back to the hotel and got some chinese takeaway food on the way. Now I’ve got some time to give my feet (and blisters :S) a rest…