Emmanuel's visit days 3 and 4.

conches a type of pan Dulce

assorted pan Dulce (we had these on day 4)

the snicker doodle cookies I made with Emmanuel

the Golden Gate covered in clouds on day 4

On the third and fourth days of Emanuel's visit we went to San Francisco. My mom and sister where going to run a half marathon in San Francisco. We got up early on the 3rd day and got into the car and drove off to the city. We stopped at a place called Sunrise Coffee and got coffee and scones. A few minutes later we were back on the road. five hours later we where their at Bernal Heights where my cousins live. We had some sandwiches and then went outside to go skateboarding. My cousin Owen and I taught Emmanuel to skate board. We had tons of fun doing it and spent about and hour. It was only about 2 so we decided to hop in the car and drive over to China Town. We walked down the street admiring all the exotic shops and stores. Emmanuel noticed the huge variety of strange stores. "Wow this is amazing" said Emmanuel. We went into a few stores and then went into a restaurant and had "Dim Sum." We were tired because we had driven 6 hours. So we went back to my cousins house. We watched a bit of TV before dinner, and as we were watching Emmanuel said American entertainment is really weird. We understood how Emmanuel could think that. My uncle came and said "time for dinner!" We all hopped up quickly and had a delicious dinner of spaghetti and meatballs. It was so good we all went back for thirds. It was late and we where tired so we decided to go to sleep. It felt so good to crawl under the blankets and close my eyes.DAY 2. When I woke up in the morning my mom and sister had already left for the race. I got up and went over to my cousins room where he was watching domino effect videos on You Tube. We watched videos until Emmanuel woke up. My dad told us to get dressed so we could go get pan Dulce (Mexican pastries). Emmanuel and I both got conches (Mexican sweet bread with Cinnamon and sugar on top). We bought the pastries and some milk and walked over to the park to eat. We had a great little breakfast and then got in the car to go pick up my sister and mom. When we got there we saw tons and tons of people running through the finish line. There were free drinks and and "peasant pies" for the runners. We all drove 20 minutes or so to a restaurant called Beach Chalet                                                                                                                                             
. we had a reservation for eleven forty five. Emmanuel and my cousins climbed trees for a while because our reservation wasn't for at least 15 minutes. Then we went up to the restaurant and sat down. Our table had a great view of the beach and ocean. I ordered and omelet with chirizo and cheese, and Emmanuel got Eggs Benedict. When we got our food Emmanuel took his first bite and all he said was "wow". He loved it! "I've never had this before" he said. "But I love it". We left the restaurant with full stomachs and happy faces. We got in the car and started to drive back to my cousins house. "Owwww" I said 'My stomach hurts" "Mine does too" replied Emmanuel. "It was worth it though" we all said. When we got back home we  all took naps because we were all tired after eating brunch. I woke up a few hours later to the pleasant sound of birds chirping. It was already 3 but that wasn't going to stop us from having more fun today. We wanted to squeeze all that we could out of the day. We decided to look up a recipe for snicker dooddle cookies and make a batch or two. We spent some time fooling around and making the cookies. We popped them into the oven and went into the living room to draw while we waited. Emmanuel drew an amazing drawing of a forest filled with trees and animals. It had birds in the background and the sun shining bright. It felt like I was in the drawing because of the detail and color that he used. "That's amazing" I said. "Thanks' "My mother taught me how to draw pictures like these before she passed away." Just then the timer went off for the cookies and we ran to the kitchen and took the tray of hot cookies out of the oven. They smelled terrific. They tasted that way as well. We put a cloth over the cookies to save them for later. We decided to go on a sunset bike ride around golden gate park. We all piled in the car and drove over there. As we where driving over the Golden Gate Bridge Emmanuel just froze and stopped talking. He was just sitting there like he was hypnotized. Then he suddenly just said "That is AMAZING!" We were above all the clouds and fog it was amazing. It looked like the whole rest of the world was coated in a blanket of clouds. We were all quiet for a while just admiring the view. Then we unloaded the bikes and got on went for the ride. About an hour later we were done with our ride and we drove back home. We made tacos when we got home. I had 11 and Emmanuel had 16! We watched a little surfing movie and then got in bed. As I was lying in bed I was thinking about how fun the day was and how lucky I was and I just drifted off to sleep.