Our time in the bay area was over and it was time for our daytime flight back to Toronto. First up was a slow drive during rush hour from San Jose to SFO airport. With the rental car returned, we arrived at the terminal for our flight.
One of the things we wanted to see during our visit was to go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Thanks to Pixar, the place had me thinking “This is just like the movie”, well, that’s because this was the basis used for their movie (Finding Dory).
We didn’t spend a lot of time in San Francisco proper, but we certainly made sure to spend the little time we did at one of the city’s biggest tourist attractions, the Fisherman’s Wharf.
Why didn’t we stay with relatives when we visited them? Simple, a lack of space (not everybody has spare rooms waiting for visitors), and they had a young one who was dictating their hours and lack of sleep. We gladly gave them space and I chose a straight-forward hotel for our stay, a Hampton Inn in San Jose.
Little Miss had relatives who moved out to the Bay area. Not missing a chance (or excuse?) to explore a new spot in the USA, we were happy to spend an extra long weekend to fly out to the area. Now due to their young one, and only being in the area for a few days we didn’t cover everything in the area. But we did enjoy our time visiting with them and what we got to see.