July 3, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA  - DAY 2 

Scottie and the ladies!! (L to R: Sherrie, Sarah, Scott, MaryAnn, Bernadette & Me)  Scott's hometown is San Francisco, and he has been off the ship since Colon. But today, we reunited and got a Spectacular tour of San Francisco with him driving Sherrie, Sarah and myself and a friend of his taking following with Maryann and Bernadette, in her car.

I think the Palace of Fine Arts is my favorite site in San Francisco - its just stunning!

The Presidio Tunnel Tops was next. The Presidio's iconic brick buildings have been recently showcased by new park spaces. Speaker Nancy Pelozi called Congress to make the space a National Park to preserve it's beauty and the results are lovely with tons of local plants and natural grasses showing off the fabulous views of the bridge.

By Pat Patrick July 14, 2026
I really enjoyed my first trip to Thailand! On our final morning here we went to try breakfast at this spot, down the road, we had been hearing rave reviews on, King Of Bread . The hype was correct, the breakfast was delicious and they had some unique choices. I had eggs benedict on a croissant, in lieu of the standard english muffin and Bosco had it on Milk Bread, which was equally tasty.
By Pat Patrick July 14, 2026
We love having authentic experiences with locals to really get a chance to see how they live and thrive in the Ports we visit. So when I found a cooking class, by a local woman offered in her home, we were excited to book. Um ( our teacher) picked us and brought us back to our hotel along with the family of 4 from Sydney, Australia, that had also signed up for this afternoon class. Um's house, which has a lovely open air kitchen, garden and dining area, was about a 30 minute drive and turned out to be on the beach, right next to the Grandparent Rocks.
By Pat Patrick July 14, 2026
The nightlife scene doesn't really get going till after 11pm and goes till 5 am in the Chaweng section of Koh Samui . We made our way over to the club district, and one of the hot spots called the ArkBar a little past 10pm to have some dinner, while watching the beach fire shows.