Verily and free time

Wednesday started with a trip to Verily, the former google health company. Now operating mostly on its own it researches a variety of ways to tackle multiple health problems.
We were welcomed into the building by Emily who was very helpful but also very American. I've never heard the word cool used so many times before in my life. Everything was awesome as well, oh well.
After some presentations about the company and what they were doing we got a tour of their lab. The lesson we learned is that nothing is off limits if you have enough money. They had all the expensive machines and more were being bought daily.
That google-money was still shining through. Although the employees all told us how great a company it really was, we all left a bit sceptical (but of course in a totally awesome state as Emily would put it).
Having the afternoon off gave us the opportunity to explore the city a bit! I personally first slept for an hour. After that well deserved mid-day siesta we continued on to the local Chinese. Apparently the Asian cuisine is the only nice and affordable one in San Fransisco.
We left with our wallets just a bit lighter and our stomachs a lot fuller. The fun wasn't over yet for the day. A couple of us young lads decided it would be the perfect time to do some laundry. Where do you do laundry in SF you may (or probably not) think; at the chinese lady of course!
She even had a dryer. Overall another great experience. Next up, the baseball game! We did not have any tickets but were confident we could by some at the stadium. It turned out that they were almost sold out and really expensive through the official channels. Our shining knight in armor was some random bloke on the street who sold second-hand tickets for a very cheap price. After some good ol' haggling we managed to get the price down to 10 bucks a pop, not bad eh? Even the view surpassed our expectations. After an hour of some very boring baseball (good atmosphere however), some of us decided they needed cheap beer and live music. So we went on our merry way again to the saloon bar. The bar was filled with normal Americans, crazy Americans and a band: a perfect combination. They also had cheap beer which was the cherry on top. A few beers and an hour of some questionable live folk music later we went back to the hostel and finally made our way onto our beds, what a day!
Oliver