We awoke early this morning to the Grand Princess arriving in San Francisco. Check out the sunrise that greeted us this morning:
That's the Bay Bridge.
We met this nice couple from Modesto, California at breakfast. We were chatting and they recommended three restaurants in downtown San Francisco. We made careful note of them because we're sure we'd have a chance to visit all of them.
U.S. Customs clearance was a little different from what we're accustomed to in Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. Rather than presenting our customs card to a CBP agent in the cruise terminal after disembarking, the crew had us complete the card a couple days before the end of our cruise. They gave these cards to CBP on our behalf. On disembarkation day, we went to the Crown Grill on board ship, cleared U.S. Customs with a very friendly agent, and that was it. Once we left the ship, we simply picked up our bags in the cruise terminal, jumped in a cab and went to our hotel.
We checked in to the Omni San Francisco earlier than we expected. Even at 11:30AM, they had a great room for us.
So we dumped our luggage off, and went for a walk through the Financial District.
We went into the Ferry Buildibg to do some shopping. This place is a foodie's heaven:
We had dinner at the Tadich Grill, a famous seafood restaurant just down the street from our hotel:
After dinner we wandered up Market St. It was amazing to see so many people out and about downtown on a Tuesday evening.
We ended up at Union Square. Check out the beautiful city lights:
Tomorrow: a wine country tour through the Napa and Sonoma Valleys.
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