When this morning we rented the bikes, we should know that probably something was strange when the rent boy asked us if we were sure that we wanted to do the path through Presidio and Golden Gate Park, and not simple bike the bridge and then come back from Sausalito... He asked us twice who recommend us that path (my travel guide...) and then, when we showed our decision, he rented us the bikes. After a bit I knew what was strange: the path is mostly a climb and it was under the sun. Anyway I managed to finish the path even if now my muscles are crying and I have a serious sunburn! The parth leaded us through the Presidio, an hill with wonderful views on the Golden Gate, and then down till the San Francisco beach and up through the Golden Gate park. Inside the park it was full of joggers and bikers, and people who was taking the sun. The day closed in a very funny way: I was too tired to walk back to the hotel, so I suggested we take another time the cable car. I was seating outside with my friend and the car was almost empty. At the next stop, near the cable car stop there was a very beautiful man, tall, a bit on the big size and with wonderful blue eyes (and if I could see the eyes from the cable car they must be a very deep blue...). I said in Italian to my friend that if he wanted he could stay in front of me on the cable car (you can stand in front of the outside seats being half on the cable car and half out). But the man went inside and I said always in Italian to my friend that it was a shame. During the travel I looked back to the man and I saw that he was looking at us. At the next stop he moved in front of me: he was so near that I said in Italian to my friend that he must be careful since I could damage his "family jewels" with my knee and it would be a shame. Than I continue to talk to my friend about the places we saw by foot the other days. After a bit the man spoke to us in ITALIAN! He lived in Italy in 1991 and he still remembered something of the language. And he also said to us that his BOYFRIEND lives in Bologna, Italy. Ops... well, anyway I didn't say anything of bad about him, but only that he was a very fine specimen! For all the travel he recommended us places to see in San Francisco. I compliment with him since he took along a long distance relationship with his boyfriend, and he said that it was forty years now and that he was his first... so HOW OLD HE WAS? and he said that his actual boyfriend was his first but not the last :-)

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Tomorrow: Sausalito

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Tomorrow: Sausalito
