10th August 2016

San Francisco up until 12.30pm when we sail. Sunny again Temp 21c

This morning I decided to go for coffee at Starbucks so that I could use their free/fast Wi Fi to do some updating of Norton Anti-Virus and to update some programs on the iPad. The best laid plans of men & mice do not always work out. Firstly I only had a $50 note to pay for a coffee but they do not take notes as large as $50 so I could not buy a coffee (Hard to believe but true) anyway instead of going out I found myself an out of the way corner and used their Wi Fi anyway. But, it was so slow far worse than on the ship. I can only think it was because practically everyone in there was on the system. I eventually gave up and went back to the ship but not before stopping at Pier 39 where I knew there was a money exchange as I needed to get more US dollars ready for Hawaii. It just was not my day because the exchange was closed with no notice as to when it opened. Betty had not left the ship quite as early as me but she did decide to go back to where she could take a good photo through an archway, so when I got back to the ship she was not there. I bought myself a coffee in the Atrium on deck 7 and settled down to use my precious internet minutes to do what I thought I was going to do at Starbucks. As a lot of passengers were taking their last look at San Fran the speed was not too bad. Finally, I went down to deck 5 to wait for Betty to return. I have not mentioned that the power was going to be off in our cabin during the morning as they continue with whatever repairs they have been doing. When I got to deck 5 Betty was already there talking to Coral & Norine. For lunch we decided to go to the buffet and get food but to take it back to our cabin so that we could see the sail out. What I have not told you is that before I returned to the ship I called at the famous Boudin Bakery where they make Sourdough Bread and have been doing so since 1849. I bought a sandwich roll which we cut in half and made a sandwich each with filling from the Buffet. Today we changed Captains, the new one is Capt Diego Perra from Cagliari Italy.

Tonight’s entertainment was a brief performance by the singers and dancers and a longer one by Jamie Clarke who is actually one of the Cruise Directors staff but as we found out later used to be a full time entertainer but had problems with his vocal chords. However, he can still sing and sing well as he sang songs of singer such as Michael Buble, Frank Sinatra and others. A very enjoyable night. We were rocked to sleep as there is quite a strong swell coming down from the north.