Today was shopping day! We drove 70 miles or so to the Gilroy Premium Factory Outlets! The drive took almost 1hr 30 mins as we drove south past the airport and San Jose. At the outlets we found 150 stores with all the big names! They were divided up into 4 blocks of shops and were so spread apart that at times we drove from shop to shop!
We were quite selective in the stores we visited. Some of the ones we checked out included Gap, Ninewest, Ecko, Banana Republic, DC, Fossil, Bass, and some random factory shoe stores. Managed to find some bargains during the 4 hours or so we spent there!
We grabbed lunch at a Chinese fast food place there, trying the Kung Pao chicken that seems so common at Chinese restaurants in America! Around 3:30pm we left the outlets and headed back to San Fran.
The plan was to return the car before Budget rental’s closing time of 5:30pm (earlier than our original return time of 11:15am tomorrow morning to save USD 15 in parking fees overnight again) but the traffic was so bad it took over 2 hours to get back to downtown San Fran and we ended up reaching Budget 5mins after closing time! Darn it!
Oh well! To make use of the car, we drove to Fisherman’s Wharf and found some street parking. Di was hungry so we had dinner at Bistro Boudin, a bakery famous for its sourdough and clam chowder! We ate in the restaurant section and had a window table overlooking the bay but after our meal of pepperoni sourdough pizza with a side of petite clam chowder in bread bowl, we left the restaurant to find that we could’ve gotten the exact same meal at the casual dining outlet downstairs for half the price! Double darn it! Oh well! You pay for nice views and nice toilets!
After dinner we walked to Pier 39 and checked out the sea lions that have inhabited one of the docks. Then we checked out the retail arcade on the pier whilst waiting for sunset! Sunset over the bay was awesome but it was rather chilly so we headed back to the car straight after.
We wanted to visit Macy’s cos there was a one day sale on today but we couldn’t find parking so we ended up just heading back to our hotel! Night!
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