San Francisco

While standing in line at the EPCOR center box office I overheard someone expressing with great disappointment to his friends about his disappointing vacation to Vancouver. He bitched for quite some time about the horrible weather and how the rain and wind completely ruined his trip. I was still on a high from two fabulous weeks in San Francisco and so I couldn't ignore this sob story.

San Francisco was amazing, what a beautiful city which certainly deserves the saying "I left my heart in San Francisco". Even the outlying cities have so much to offer. But given the fact I was visiting during their rainy season, there was the potential for an uncomfortable trip. I, however, had left Calgary with the expectation of rain and so sun, sun and more sun was an added bonus. Perhaps the disappointed stranger should have done a little more research.

Travelling is risky business and mother nature isn't always going to cooperate, but attitude plays a huge factor in one’s ability to enjoy themselves in the face of crappy weather. With so much to see and do there were days in SF where I was forced to spend an entire day outside even though it was colder or wetter then I would have preferred. But even those days were nothing complain about because I set up proper expectations, had flexible plans, and forced myself to smile.