Delayed at San Francisco airport.  Airforce one is just out the window.  Obama is in town.  Maybe we can hitch a ride....

Sunday spent on public transport .. well perhaps not ...

Quiet day, walk in the park, off to a hamburger joint for lunch, boat cruise under "the bridge".

They lied about the weather, we got a bit chilly at times. Anyhows (see turning American) last day in SFO, pack up our bags for an 05:35 pick-up & a 07:05 flight to New York.. happy days !

News Alert ...

Found wine with screw top !

Phew.

We arrived in San Francisco late on Wednesday night and spent Thursday getting our bearings and getting over our jet lag after a long flight from Singapore.  We are staying in a beautiful apartment a few blocks from Union Square.  It is an art deco building with a cage lift and a marble foyer.  Our apartment has a murphy bed, one that flips up into the wall.  A bit of a trick for young players as to where the bed was when we got to the apartment at around midnight.  Today (Friday) we played tourist, riding the cable car to Fisherman's wharf and then taking a boat tour to Alcatraz.  The Alcatraz tour was excellent and quite creepy with an audio tour narrated by former inmates and wardens.  We hadn't booked the tour which you need to book at least 3 weeks in advance but we paid a premium and bought the ticket from a "travel agent".  It is now the cocktail hour and Kirk is putting his cork removal skills to good use since the US doesn't appear to have discovered screw tops even on $11 bottles of wine...

Our time in Melaka is now over.  Last Saturday was Jade and Adam's wedding celebration.  The day started off with games, where the groom must "pay a ransom" to see his bride.  This was followed by a tea ceremony where Kirk and I (along with the other family members) were served tea by Adam and Jade.  That night was the wedding banquet for a mere 240 guests.  A video of the earlier events of the day was shown along with photos from Adam and Jade's 2 day photo shoot earlier in the week.  Adam and Jade had taken dancing lessons and performed a dirty dancing routine at the wedding.  From Melaka we caught the bus to Singapore for a night before flying out to San Francisco.

Arrived safely in Melaka on Wednesday night.  We are enjoying the 34 degrees heat.   The Tanswell contingent is growing in numbers in preparation for Jade and Adam's wedding on Saturday.  On Thursday we toured the old town of Melaka, with Dad in a rickshaw and the rest of us on foot before enjoying some serious pool and spa time.  Jade's parents took the Tanswell clan to a Chinese steamboat restaurant last night - very delicious.  Looking forward to nonya cuisine tonight

Visas sorted out, so we wont get deported.

Doing "fix up" things around the house.

So many little things that don't really matter, but if you're renting the place then they need to be fixed.

12 Sleeps ...

Are there a lot of things to arrange .. I hope not :-)