Monday, July 21, 2008

San Francsico Treat

We are in San Francisco for one of mommy's meetings. We got a great room at the Marriot in downtown SF, with a corner room that has a panoramic view of the bay. Daddy and I have had lots of adventures while mommy goes to her meeting, but she joined us Sunday when went to see the animals by the Dock o' the Bay. Here's me and daddy in front of the Sea Lions at Pier 39. They were really funny and sounded like doggies. Daddy used to study sea lions when he was a marine biologist and even got to swim with them. He says they're generally pretty cute but can bite hard when they want to.

Here's me with Mommy and Alcatraz in the background. Mommy and daddy both like the movie "The Rock" and daddy even uses scenes from it in his medical lectures. I haven't seen it yet- they say I have to be a little older first. It is really cold here! You know what Mark Twain once said: "The coldest winter of my life was the summer I spent in San Francisco"
We went to an aquarium by the bay and I got to be up close with some star fish and sand dollars. I thought the fish were really cool looking. I can see why daddy liked to study these things
The aquarium had a walk through tunnel with fish all around. We saw sheephead, gigantic groupers, pretty rockfish, funny bat rays, and even some big sharks!

They is much more from our trip to SF coming soon!

2 comments:

Ada said...

Hi Sophie,
I love San Francisco and all the many wonderful things that you can do there- eat, walk and enjoy the sights. In particular the bread and chocolate are great!
Enjoy your view!
Love Ada

Patricia said...

I am so glad you like aquariums - this visit is a good introduction and will help you understand our visit to Atlantis next March. There are many many acquariums at Atlantis and other sea adventures and MORE SEA LIONS sounding like puppies. See you soon, Love, Gran