A bit of Peru in San Francisco (Part 2)

We slept in, after lots and lots of site seeing the day before, leisurely had breakfast and headed back to San Francisco for Day 2 of our whirlwind San Francisco/Bay Area tour. Our first stop was The Ferry Building. We walked up and down checking out all of the artisan shops with delightful treats. 

We stopped and enjoyed an oyster each - albeit with too much horseradish - and then for some cheese from Cowgirl Creamery, bread from Acme and a couple of glasses of white wine at Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant.

the cheeses we selected from cowgirl creamery

We walked along the pier, to 'walk off the cheese and bread' and stopped in TCHO for a cup of their sipping chocolate. Definitely check it out! They also offer daily tours about chocolate making. It is a pretty awesome spot - located near the new Exploratorium museum.

After TCHO we walked to Pier 39, walked along the pier and of course stopped for a photo op with the Sea Lions. They are always so much fun to watch. They are pretty aggressive and always put on a great show.

After our Sea Lion detour, we headed over to Fisherman's Wharf for clam chowder in sour dough bread bowls from Boudin. (Keep in mind that along that walk, there is a man who stands behind a bush and jumps out at people - I had warned Christie, but he wasn't there. I was kind of bummed because I wanted her to experience it! It is just so San Francisco!)

We stopped at the Buena Vista for a cocktail and 1/2 of a crab. The waitress was utterly confused why we didn't order an Irish Coffee...Christie isn't a big fan, so we picked cocktails instead.

We walked around Aquatic Park for some unobstructed views of the GGB and to make room for Ghirardelli Square Ice Cream.

We enjoyed a scoop drizzled with dark chocolate sauce and then waited in line to ride the trolley car from Ghirardelli Square to Union Square. Once the sun we down, the temperatures dropped significantly. It was pretty chilly, but totally worth it!

We hopped off of the trolley on Post street and walked around Union Square stopping in a few shops.

We hopped on BART and headed back to Berkeley for a sushi dinner date with Rich. I am sure you were wondering where he was the entire weekend...well, he was participating in a conference with the Red Cross, so he was pretty preoccupied. 

After our sushi dinner date, we headed back to the apartment where we cracked open the Domain Carneros Champagne Christie bought the day before and toasted to an awesome (and super quick) weekend filled to the brim with site seeing, eating, drinking and a great time!

We are already planning our trip to visit her and our other tour friends and we are already planning her next trip back to San Francisco!