Homeless, sunshine and Exploratorium.

The Friday night ended up being a long and fun one, although the conversation ended up revolving around homelessness all the time. Is it ok to give them money? How about food? How to really help - giving money to rehabs? But are they all drug-addicts? Are some of them part of mafia-run money-making machine, like most beggars in Europe? Have the numbers increased with the economic down-turn, and how much? They still scare me, and the idea of a wealthy society where so many have to live on streets is a weird one.

Then to happier topics: Saturday was another very sunny day at 27C. I can't believe the weather is so beautiful in late October, maybe it would be great to live here after all. I had to change rooms at the hostel, so I ended up getting up after only a few hours of sleep. As there was no point of going back to bed, I headed to the Exploratorium with my high school friend. We walked some of the way there, from Fort Mason on Marina Blvd. It was so beautiful by the Bay, people were out en masse in the parks and the sky was the prettiest blue. And the Golden Gate Bridge looming in the background wasn't an ugly one either!

The Exploratorium was exactly like described to me, interactive displays of magnetism, optics, mechanics, plant biology, optical illusions, hearing, sensing, how our mind works... almost too much to see in there! My favourites were the visualisation of the sound wave (a long tube of water that formed longitudinal waves, something I never truly understood in high school) and the magnetic liquid that you could play with a strong magnet. I really recommend this for anyone with even a slightest interest in how the world around us works!

The evening was a very short one, as soon after my late lunch/early dinner taco I fell asleep on my book and slept for 14 hours, once again. Today I'm meeting up with another friend, and finally getting out of San Francisco for a bit! I was meant to explore the Bay area much more, but somehow there has been so much to see in the city itself.