California Academy of Sciences

Today dawned rather early as David was hosting a web conference from our room starting at 5.30 and had some work to do before that.  It also dawned rather wet which was a disappointment in terms of my plans to amble around the Botanical Gardens at Golden Gate Park.

Instead I visited the California Academy of Sciences, based in the park.

Within the building is a 'rainforests of the world' biome with a walkway to travel up from the forest floor to the canopy.  There are free flying birds and butterflies.  Some of the butterflies were very large but nonetheless proved to be very difficult to photograph.

The building has a 'living' roof planted with a variety of grasses and flowers.

In the basement was a large aquarium and living coral reef exhibit.

The Academy of Sciences also has the world's largest all-digital planetarium.

This evening we called in to Macy's department store to see their 'Secret Garden' exhibit - exotic and Spring flowers - some beautifully scented - growing in individual exhibits over each counter on the ground floor..

Whilst there we also went to the top floor 'Cheesecake Factory' which was very busy.  The cheesecake selection was impressive.

We only looked...