Honeymoon Trip: Day 8

Sunday was our last day in San Francisco, and we wanted to take a final stab at exploring the city on foot and public transit.  We checked out of our Alameda hotel and took the car to the BART station to park it for the day, then headed into town.

Super Husband discovered that there was a Second City performance at the Palace of the Fine Arts, which was on my list of sights to see, so we made plans to go there for the show at 3:00.  Until then, we were on our own.  We decided we may as well stop at the Aquarium of the Bay (Yelp review), which was conveniently located in the Fisherman's Wharf area.

The aquarium was short, but chock-full of sea life.  They had a nice educational section here and there, talking about garbage in the ocean and what types of non-sea life were native to the Bay Area.  They also had a tunnel you could walk through where there were sharks and large rays all around you.  That part was pretty cool, and we spent a good deal of time in there.  The jellyfish were some of my favorite things to photograph.

They also had a place where you could pet rays and small sharks.  Nick was reaching in to pet this one, and it didn't like the angle of his approach or something, as it jumped out!  Here it is just before it becomes airborne temporarily...  I think it looks like it's smiling and is pretty cute, actually.

After the aquarium, we headed out to the Palace of Fine Arts (Yelp review), which was a ways away out in the edge of the Presidio area.  The PoFA is a remnant from the 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition.  Apparently it is a very popular photography site for wedding parties, and it houses an actual theater, which is where we were headed.

I foolishly assumed there'd be more food options out near the PoFA, but that was not the case.  We had to walk over toward Crissy Field and ended up only finding a gift shop/cafe that sold overpriced, over-gourmet-ed sandwiches.  Oh well.  We forked it over for those and then went to catch our Second City show, "Second City for President".

The show was pretty funny, and of course very culturally relevant.  We had a good time, then we went to catch the bus back into town.  We were kind of glad that this was our last day in San Francisco, since the weather was beginning to turn colder and foggier.

After getting back into the city, we decided to just pack it in and have the night to get ready for our departure the next morning.  So we said goodbye to San Francisco and snagged some McDonald's from a shady Oakland location, then went back to Extended Stay America for our final night.  The next day we would be back on the train headed for home!