Angel

     As it is Labor Holiday last Monday, hubby and I headed to another weekend trip to get away fro m the stressful work and scorching heat, and since we have been driving a lot this past months, and San Francisco being 2 days and 4 hours away via a 12 hour daily drive, we took the first flight out from Dallas Forth Worth International Airport to San Francisco. 

     It has been a busy labor weekend for hubby, me and Kuya Bry and Ate Ethel, our tour guides =).  We experienced a lot of hassles on the flight to and from, but it’s all worth it.  Our luggage got delayed and went to the next flight (1:30pm) from ours (11am) and we have to pick it up again from the airport, at least it was only hours of waiting, we really thought it will ruin our vacation, but fortunately, it didn’t. And on our flight back to Dallas, our flight got delayed, and our seats got mixed up, and when we’re finally boarding we noticed that the passes does not belong to us and should board a plane to Burbank, so at the last minute we had our passes changed, talk about hassle.  And lastly, when we got to our car at the Nokia parking lot in Irving, TX, the cars batt got empty, apparently we left a light on… geez.

     San Francisco and Daly City are two great cities, apart from them being Filipino towns, the weather was great, it feels as if fall has started, if only the temp here in Shreveport is anywhere near theirs, I’d be more than thankful. 

      We had six days of vacation and we started immediately.  From the SFO airport, we headed immediately to Jollibee (after picking up Tita Mina - Ate Ethel’s mom, and Angelica - their little Angel) and had a wonderful lunch cum merienda.  Hubby and I ate palabok and Jolly Hot dog, while they had the usual Spaghetti and Chicken Joy.  That meal was long been awaited for, the last time we had palabok was way back in March before we came back here in US after the wedding. 

  Here’s our vacation in a nutshell:

  We had a road tour on our first night across Daly City and San Francisco, went down the crookedest street in the world, unfortunately it’s too dark for pictures so we had to come back on the 5Th day.   

    On our second day we went to San Jose to meet up with my cousins and nephews. We had a glimpse of the Golden Gate Bridge this day and a few pictures at the Palace of Fine Arts. 

    Third day we had a 3 hour (I guess) drive to Sacramento to pick up my in-laws but made a stop at the Vacaville Premium Outlet first to buy a polo for Bong to wear on the Christening. 

    Then it’s Angelica’s Christening on the 4Th day, and in the afternoon we shopped around for Filipino goods.

    Come Monday, Labor Day that is, we had an itinerary to finish up with the tours, so we hit the Golden Gate Bridge once again, but this time at the Sausalito part coz views are much better there.  Then we went to The Japanese Tea Garden, Fisherman’s Wharf, Crookedest street for pictures, San Francisco City hall and Downtown for a little window shopping.  We didn’t get into Alcatraz though, apparently, 6 days is not enough.

    On our last day (sigh), we didn’t go to any more tours coz we have to finish up some documents and other legal stuff.

    So there, vacation in a nutshell… I couldn’t write some more… my muse seem to have left the building.  We had a good time, we really did, and our hosts are so great that we gained a few pounds during that vacation.  We are definitely coming back, but not in the near future, maybe next year, and if we’re lucky to get a project on the West, we are surely taking it so we can be with our loved ones more often. 

    And to wrap up this uninspired post, we’d like to extend our thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Roque for a wonderful weekend and to my cousins in San Jose for a wonderful dinner.

•     For snapshots of San Francisco please visit my Pbase Gallery.
•     For our pictures, just check our Photo Album.