It was wild, windy and rainy again today. I think San Francisco’s motto must be beautiful one day, rainy the next. The view from our house changed again - it’s been great to see the changing mood of the sea from our windows. We went to the Californian Academy of Science museum today. It has a range of exhibits including a rainforest in a giant dome and an aquarium. The girls really enjoyed all of the displays - especially the one on climate change and the display of African penguins (Ellen took the video below). The museum is well set up but it was packed today as it was wet and they had just launched a new exhibit, which we could not get tickets to see as they had sold out. We also couldn’t get into the Planetarium. But the rest of the museum was really good - especially some parts of the aquarium featuring the marine life of southern and northern California. Ross and Sussana also visit the De Young Museum of Modern Art, which is just across from the science museum. Both museums are in Golden Gate Park - which looked great but given the extremely wet conditions we weren’t tempted out to explore (mind you that doesn’t seem to stop the locals who we saw bike riding and jogging in the pouring and very cold rain). We then went for a drive through some of the incredibly hilly San Francisco streets and past all the Victorian houses. We finished up with a drive down Lombard Street (the really crooked street). Then it was back across the Golden Gate bridge to our house. The bridge is just as impressive from on top as it is from the water and it was good to get to go across it both ways as we travelled from Muir Beach to San Francisco and back again. Tomorrow we leave this lovely city early in the day. I can understand why people always say you will love San Francisco - it really is a lovely city. Carlene
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