Chapter 2 of The Escape Adventure EDITED FOR CHOCOLATE

Bigun and I are here in San Francisco. It's such a beautiful city. I really do love it here. Yesterday when we arrived we were pretty tired. My allergies were in full showing. Sneezing like a mad woman for the 6 hour flight from Atlanta to San Francisco. We checked in at the Hotel and settled in a bit then headed down to Fisherman's Wharf. We enjoyed a little time there, over a superb burger. Medium rare with cheddar

On the way back to our Hotel we made a brief stop at Chocolate Heaven. OH. My. Chocolaty. Heavenly. Delight. Now, Bigun will attest to this, I am not a chocoholic. In fact, I rarely buy it and when I do, I hide it from him. I can make a single chocolate bar last a week or longer. Swear. It's true. I savor chocolate when I have it. A little piece of chocolate here and then later, a little more. Bigun, sees chocolate and it is no longer seen. He can wipe out a single bar in mere seconds.

Yesterday was different. I got my hands on a 1/4 pound of Dark Chocolate Amaretto Cordials. The name of the shop is dead on, Chocolate Heaven. Those little dark delights are undeniably the best thing since, well, since the harnessing of fire happened. Normally, a 1/4 pound of chocolate would last no less than a week. As of 4pm today, that whole 1/4 pound of cordials have dutifully disappeared. Yes, I gave a couple to Bigun. He is after all my husband.

I digress...after a brief time at the Wharf, we came back to the Hotel. We thought we should think about resting up after a long 24 hours before arriving here.

Bigun and I awoke at a bright and early 4am Cali time. Oh. Yes. Wide awake. At 6am Bigun headed out on his run. Turns out - my allergies aren't allergies at all. I am sick. Yep. My only solace, those cordials that are now consumed in entirety. We made it out of the room for a trip to IHOP and then Walgreens for meds. Came back to the room and I slept until about 1 o'clock. Got up and moving and again hit the Wharf. We got to see a guy swallow fire, we had a beer, some water and awesome Calamari . I lasted about an hour and a half and Bigun thought it wise that I get back into bed and save up my energy. My head hurts, my nose has a mind of it's own, my lungs are filling up with lots of lovely yucky stuff and I am running a pretty good fever. Please cross your fingers for me that I'll feel well enough to make it to the race Sunday. I simply cannot miss this race. I can't.

I am pretty sure I can muster up enough energy to walk downstairs and get a cab back to the chocolate shop..... maybe not, but a girl can dream can't she?
Well, I wish I could write more and be more entertaining but, that's all I got.
Bigun just returned from his first swim at the Aquatic Park. Seems the water is a tad bit chilly. I think his family jewels have disappeared. Thank goodness we aren't looking to have children now. I'll leave that tale telling to him. Thanks for keeping up with our journey and thanks for all of your prayers and thoughts. It is greatly appreciated.

Di and Bigun.