Day 12 Crystal Serenity - San Francisco

Greetings from Serenity.

​We wanted to begin by saying we continue to have an amazing time on-board Crystal Serenity. Everything has been terrific. This second of our two cruises also has a great itinerary for a short cruise with two sea days and two days in San Francisco along with the wonderful on-board experience. Bravo.

After we took this photo we met with a very nice couple at the Lounge who we met several years ago. 

Following are the dinner menus from Waterside where we dined.

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Although last evening was not a formal night in terms of evening attire, it had the feel of a formal night between the Captain's Welcome Reception and Crystal Society Party, a Concert & Dance Production Show and a wonderful dinner menu at Waterside. We had a great time with a lot of laughs as you can see with one of the photos.

Following is today's daily Reflections Program.

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Serenity was met by the pilot at 6:00 am to make our way into San Francisco.  We docked at Pier 27

I left my heart in San Francisco.  In our case, we left our hearts in San Francisco.  ​

San Francisco has always been special to us.  We lived in the Bay Area with our two children from 1987 to 1991 when Keith took a work transfer.  We lived about thirty miles from the city.  There was lots to do in where we lived, when we visited the city and we enjoyed visiting other areas of the state during our time there. 

Since then we have returned to San Francisco for land only visits and other times for cruises that began and/or ended in San Francisco.  Our last two visits were in 2016 for a pre-cruise stay prior to a Crystal Serenity Cruise and in 2017 when we took the family with us on a Crystal Serenity California coastal cruise.

Before we left the ship Anne Marie said it is forecasted to rain.  Keith said this is San Francisco and other than some mist from the fog it doesn't rain till October. Anne Marie wore her rain coat. Keith did not. Guess what. She was right and as we headed back to the ship it poured. Oh well. It's only rain.

On our way out and back we saw Svenja each time. We have known Svenja for many years when she would oversee the Crystal representatives at the pier in USA cities for embarkation and debarkation and we would see her other times such as in Santa Barbara in 2017. Today, she was involved with the land shore excursions for the local operator. It was so nice to see her and hopefully we will see her tomorrow morning.

​One of the places we stopped by is Scoma’s. Keith first went there for dinner with some former colleagues on his first business trip to San Francisco. When we were making the decision to relocate to the city the family was invited to visit the area and we dined at Scoma’s. We returned many times. Just like Cobb Salad and a Flute of Champagne it was a tradition for us.
 

Keith got in paddle tennis and for the first time wore short since we boarded. Beautiful afternoon in San Francisco.
 

We will overnight in San Francisco and stay till 6:00 pm tomorrow afternoon so we will explore more tomorrow too.

Cheers,

Anne Marie & Keith