Grace Cathedral is this beautiful Episcopalian cathedral on top of one of the many hills in middle San Fransisco. We went to Wednesday service in the cavernous place and were completely enthralled. The service was sung, we sang, they sang, everyone sang and it was hauntingly beautiful and it was wonderfully free. We were in a side chapel as they could not fill the main space. Wow, what a building. I thought it was a Catholic building, it may have started out that way. But if you have a chance...see it for yourself. On that afternoon while we were wandering through, we had two different kind of expereinces. The first one was a prayer maze to walk on right to the side of the main door. We decidide to walk it only to be twarted by a small group of Chinese women preparing for their tai chi, or jogging routine. Whatever it was, they were loud and running on our maze...Strange mixture of culture expression. Soon after for our second expereince , we had about 25 preschoolers come to find their easter eggs that had been obvioulsy scattered about. How excited they were, and how fun to watch. 
Art on walls...free and a bit creepy.
I think I am done with our San Fran trip.
I could talk about the aggressive homeless people right outside our hotel door, or the window in our room that needed to be repaired with Duct tape to keep it closed or the hotel room bathroom that was the same size as the closet or that a glass of orange juice cost $5. Or that the great deal I thought I was getting for the hotel room was offset by the $35 a night for parking. I could tell you about having to drive to San Jose because we forgot to tell our GPS to allow toll roads, all bridges to San Fran are tolls. I could also tell about the road trip home hugging the coast and the full moon while driving through the redwood trees and how amazingly effecive 5 hour energy drinks are when you are sleepy. Or how green, my color car green it was as Spring was taking hold. But then...I have kept you long enough.
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