Another trip started well.

All yesterday's flights went well. Cbr to Syd then Syd to San Francisco.   I got asked 3 times about my reasons for visiting USA. Once at the gate to get onto the bus from the domestic to international airport, second time getting onto the plane and the 3rd time getting into the country. Each time I said vacation and was asked where, why,  etc and once who else was going to be at the 40th birthday etc etc. They usually gave up when i said i was looking for ward to seeing my grandchildren. I was tempted to say that my lovely Tahli the Terrific Tiger was too young to be a Terrorist but knew not to.

From San Fransisco airport I got almost straight onto a BART train ( Bay Area Rapid Transport)  a painless and cheap way of getting into the city. The stop nearest my hotel was next to the tourist bureau, which I discovered was only open on Sundays from March to October, despite what it's website said.  Never mind,  up the hill to my hotel. The first hill of many. Luckily my bag only weighed 12.8 kg. About 2 of that was christmas presents. I left my bag at the hotel, went for some lunch , then wandered a bit and ended up at Macy's where there was another tourist info.  They did not have a map to scale. I had to explain what I meant. Ah well. I often use my phone when I am walking around,  but I much prefer to have a paper map when I am planning my route.

Now to plan tomorrow.