Tired Legs

My legs are so sore! We have walked all over the city, but last night resorted to a taxi to save us the mile or so walk to get dinner. In the afternoon we visited Emily's cafe where she works, and the food was delicious- meat, pasta, salad, soup, desserts...and unique for me because we paid by the pound- at the register they actually weighed my plate and then charged for it. Then we took a self-guided tour of the Mission church and cathedral, the church being the oldest still standing building in the city, built in 1776 by some Catholic missionaries. Then on to Emily's apartment, which took 30 minutes to get to, despite taking the subway (the "BART") Long walk just from the BART to her house, stayed a few minutes, and then headed right back. We walked so fast trying to get back to Jane's apartment so we could change and go to the exercise class that Jane taught, but I was exhausted and ended up staying back and taking a much-needed nap. Woke in time to get ready for dinner in Little Italy. Took a taxi (cause it was almost cheaper than the bus and BART combined, our other option for getting there) and had a great dinner and then got gelato at the best gelatoria in town (supposedly). This morning Sean left to catch a flight to New York for an audition at the Met (God bless him, cause he is coming down with something) and we caught a bus to Golden Gate park. It's about 4 miles long, and full of lots of good "parky" things like a pond, gardens, etc but also has a museum, conservatory of flowers, and some sports areas. Regardless, we couldn't see much due to time constraints, but we hiked a bit and paid to enter the Japanese Tea Garden, which was a delicate little garden with ponds and bridges and a small pagoda. Worth seeing. Came back for lunch with Jane and now we're going to relax a bit till she gets done teaching . May catch a movie tonight.