Manic Monday

On my final day in SF I was determined to make the most of it. I was up and out the door by 8:30am to head over to the Castro to take a yoga class. Since leaving Southampton I have not been to a class at all and I have been missing it. I hoped that this might spur me back into action on my return. I booked in for the beginners/int vinyasa flow with Les at YogaTree. It was allvery professional and booked online so all I had to do was turn up and get on the mat. 90 minutes later I was soaked through with sweat - the hardest class of my life - and I knew I was going to pay big time the next day - I could barely walk down the stairs of the studio - whoops!

It was a glorious day which was totally unexpected as it had been forecast for fog and rain! I know I must be lucky or something?!

I walked the long way round from the bridge back to the other side of town where I could catch the cable car which takes you up over the hill and down the other side into the centre of downtown. Luckily because it was Monday it was lovely and quiet - no huge queue like there was on the weekend.

Frankly these contraptions are overrated and it boggles my mind how more people are not maimed or killed each year. There is a gaping hole in the floor where the driver appears to dangle his foot in at regular intervals right next to whirring cogs and highly tensioned steel cables... Health and Safety? Not likely..

The vistas at the top are wonderful though - this is the top of Lombard street - the cable car stops literally in the middle of an intersection and if you want to get off you have to take your life in your hands and make a run for the pavement. I vowed to stay on until the end of the line! The $5 trip was worth risking my life for to save my yoga aching legs though :)

Random picture - no jiggery pokery here - my first ever ride on a curved escalator - I did have to go away and stare at it for a while and try and work out how on earth you make a curving escalator - I didnt come up with an answer...

Uh oh... G&T at the airport... that means the trip is already over! Can't believe it! An amazing 7 days in SF and will definitely look forward to going back again soon - hopefully for a Kat&Mark wedding!