Harry and I set off for an early walk in search of breakfast. We picked up McDonald's and took it back to the room where the others were slowly waking up. Around 9.15am we walked down to Pier 33 for our 10am Alcatraz Tour. Luckily I had pre-booked tickets as they were sold out for weeks and hoardes of people were being turned away.
We stayed inside on the ferry in an attempt to stay warm as the wind was quite biting. On arrival at Alcatraz we listened to a spiel from a tour guide before beginning the climb to the top of the prison to start the tour. The audio tour was really well done and we all really enjoyed it.
The kids started to get bored after an hour, so we decided to cut the tour short and hop on the ferry back to the mainland.
When we arrived at Pier 33, we walked back up to Fisherman's Wharf and the Aquarium of the Bay
where we spent an enjoyable hour checking out the sea life. The kids particularly enjoyed the interactive areas.
After the aquarium we wandered down to Pier 39 to check out the sea lions
and then had a yummy lunch at Bubba Gump's
where we had a great view of Alcatraz.
We stopped to buy warm jackets for everyone and then let the boys play on this giant macaroni for awhile
before hopping on our city tram tour. The tour is a hop on/hop off but we ended up on the last one of the day so we could only do it as a round trip. It was still a lot of fun though, especially when we were going up and down the really steep hills! Alex was really feeling unwell by that stage and ended up falling asleep on the tram.
Some gorgeous San Franciso architecture
We were returned to Fisherman's Wharf and went back to the hotel for a rest. Alex promptly passed out so Emily and I left the boys watching tv while we went and did some shoe shopping. Alex was still sleeping when we got back so the kids and I left him to rest and walked down to Pier 39
where we had dinner at Wipeout and then checked out the Spongebob Squarepants 4D movie which turned out to be the same one that we saw at Madame Tussaud's in New York! We then discovered Magowan's Infinite Mirror Maze and had a blast going through it over and over again! After some final souvenir shopping we walked back to the hotel and went to bed.
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