re: San Francisco Trip

Schomas is ok--I recommend going across the golden gate to saucilleto. Great shops, bars, and restaurants.

Regarding tours--we were signed up and ready and after being herded around and made to stand in line while waiting for the filthy bus to arrive we decided that driving our rental car around and doing our own tour on our own time would be much better. It was. When you take a tour, you're on the tour schedule. I like my own schedule.