We both had a good night of sleeping. We went to bed earlier as expected due to the power outage which lasted till this morning 7:00. After taking a shower we went down for breakfast and soon after we need to make us ready for today

Yesterday evening we had contact with Ian, someone we’ve met on the wedding of Glenn and Gina. We discussed going to San Francisco together and he and his partner David would pick us up at the hotel at 8:30 in the morning.

From the hotel we went straight to San Francisco where we have seen a lot of things. We’ve actually seen more as expected. We first started with a view on the skyline of San Francisco and on Alcatraz. From there we drove into downtown San Francisco and we went to watch the painted ladies.

After taking a picture at there we went to Lombard Street where we walked it down and took some pictures. This street is a small street where cars need to pass several hair-spin turns and which is become really famous throughout the years.

After Lombard Street we went to the Fishermans warf to watch a bunch of sea-lions. Than we tried to get tickets for the Alcatraz tour on monday but it was fully booked so we’ve booked tickets online for Tuesday morning.

After the sea-lions we’ve told Ian about geocaching and he wanted to go look for some. So we picked a Geocache at near Pier 39 which was quite a big box for such a crowded area. After logging we went to the Golden Gate Bridge in the hope to get a better view on it as yesterday. It was better but there is just too much fog coming through the Golden Gate.

Then it was lunch time already. Ian and David made a reservation at Cavallo Point. The lunch was delicious, thanks Ian and David for inviting us. We had a lot of fun and discussed Geocaching a bit more. Ian was becoming more and more interested and wanted to find a couple more.

Ian selected a geocache in Sausalito so that was the next stop. Ian found the location and in a couple minutes the cache was back in its position and we looked for another one in the area. We’ve also looked around in the is small city and found a guy which is really good in balancing stones.

After Sausalito we tried to visit a lighthouse but the road to there was closed but it was a nice view. From there we went back through San Francisco and that was not a good idea. The traffic was terrible.

After arriving in Berkeley we went for a car tour around the local university and we finished the day at Chaat’s Café.

Ian and David thank you for taking us on a tour through San Francisco we’ve a had a wonderful day.

This morning we both woke up pretty early. Danielle seems to have less problems with the 9 hours time difference as Sander because she slept till almost 7:00. After a small bite and taking a shower we left around 8:15 and we did found 2 geocaches near the hotel.

The plan for today existed in driving to Berkeley near San Francisco where we would stay in a hotel for 3 nights. After around 25 Miles we stopped for a full breakfast at the IHOP. We both enjoyed our Strawberry Banana Pancakes. After breakfast we went for the third Geocache of the day and we found it without any problems. It was a huge one with lots of tradable items in it. We checked them out and left for the rest of our trip north.

Soon Danielle took over the steering wheel and I relaxed and looked around. I told Danielle we would drive straight on the Highway 1. She believed me and that was probably the last time. It was a very curvy road with sometimes a lot of traffic and narrow bridges. But she did well and in the end she almost felt sorry for giving up the driver seat.

Since Danielle drove really fast we used more gas as expected and decided to get some gas for our SUV.

After getting gas Danielle drove the car for another 3 hours and we’ve seen so many things on the road.

About 100 Miles before San Francisco, it was already 15:00,  we stopped to grab a Starbucks and something small to eat. We also visited the Best Buy and bought a new car-kit for the iPhone because the old one was broken. We than learned that it’s not allowed to put something on the windshield in California, so we went for a version which can be mounted on the vents.

During the ride we decided not to go to Cupertino but it seemed like we passed it on the road there and decided to put it back in the schedule of today. We did make some pictures but the company store was closed today.

From there we drove straight through San Francisco because I wanted to drive over the Golden Gate Bridge. And we wanted to take some pictures because we had beautiful weather. But then all f a sudden there was a lot of fog coming in to the area. We hurried up and close to the bridge about 75% was still visible. So we looked for a parking-spot and after having our car parked we went out for pictures. But then the bridge was gone….

And our car has a sun roof! Which I needed to test out.

As you can see it was fully covered in the fog and so we don’t have a picture with the Golden Gate Bridge. So we drove to our hotel over the bridge and everything went well until 2 miles before our hotel… There was a huge traffic jam, but we have nothing to complain only 2 miles traffic problems on a trip from over 300 miles.

The hotel is the Holliday Inn Express & Suites in Berkeley. It’s a very nice hotel with nice rooms and fast internet. But tonight is going to be interesting, there is no power from 22:30 till 6:30 tomorrow morning. To make the guest feel comfortable the manager makes sure everyone got a flashlight…

As every night we went to a place for dinner and this night it was Sushi time. We ordered a Sushi-boat and it was delicious.

Now it’s time for bed! Let’s hope i get some more sleep as last night.

PS: Thanks for the comments yesterday!