Chinatown San Francisco

Dnešní den byl nabitý. Ráno jsme se přesunuli do Petalumy do outletu. Dále jsme museli dát do pořádku (vysát) auto, abychom ho mohli zítra vrátit a přesunuli jsme se přímo do San Francisca. Zastavili před slavným Golden Gate, pořádně ho ze všech stran vyfotili (i když byl z větší čá …

Ok, so I'm in San Francisco. Why? Well, you likely know why because of the title of this new adventure, but here is a brief background. Last Dec or Jan Elizabeth asked me if I'd be interested in putting in to be drawn for the Nike Women's Marathon in Oct 2011. After hearing about how we can run the "Ghiradelli Mile" and get Tiffany necklaces …

We had the most amazing breakfast this morning at Dottie's.

Eggs, bacon, toast, homemade chips (which were so tasty), fresh fruit and of course...Pancakes with lashings of maple syrup. I really couldn't have been happier. We had to wait about half an hour for a table but it was so worth it. Think we'll be heading back there again for …

Oh Beautiful San Fran!

Arriving Into San Fran was a delight! It was a busy town but stunning at the same time! And I am not a big fan of the BIG CITY!

Driving Tour - We sat in the bus and went around a few of the buildings learning the history behind them - Heading to Fisherman Wharf to have lunch and do a bit of sight seeing …

What a change: From a sunny, posh beachfront location in Santa Monica to chilly and windy downtown San Francisco. The Shuttle from Santa Monica drops me off in front of my Hostel right in the heart of the city.. Wind-chill-factor 10.

It never rains in southern California. True. But I was not aware that San Francisco is so windy, foggy and …

Two days in this exciting city. so the best option was to go on a "hop on hop off" bus which would take us all around including the outer skirts of the city and along with it, would come the interesting history and stories of neighbourhoods and landmarks.

The Golden Gate Bridge was certainly a beautiful sight, if we could have seen it …

Der Wettergott war uns tatsächlich huldig! Als wir am Morgen des heutigen Tages aufwachten und erwartungsvoll aus dem Fenster unseres fahrenden Eigenheims blickten, konnten wir unser Glück kaum fassen - die Sonne schien und es waren kein Nebel und auch keine Wolken in Sicht. Jippie! Das hieß dann flott rein in die City, hoffentlich mit der Cable …

...und zwar mit Frühstück. Nach einer leider nur für eine Person durchgeschlafenen Nacht (für's Protokoll: Es wurde nicht geschnarcht und zu viel Alkohol gab's auch nicht) genossen wir das sehr zu empfehlende Frühstücksbuffet des NH-Hotels. Mit dem Auto (ganz schwäbisch übrigens kostenfrei geparkt!) gings danach zum gebührenpflichtigen …

Na hallo wieder mal. Heute möchte ich mit einer sehr männlichen Geschichte anfangen. Dabei handelt es sich um die 3 magischen Bs: Bar, Bier, Baseball. Genau diese 3 Bs genossen wir gestern Abend sehr intensiv, wobei nur eines davon nach übermäßigem Verzehr zu sinnlos lustigen Dingen führte. Jaja, dieses Fortgehn wird …

We spent alot of yesterday driving from Anaheim to Sunnyvale. Alot of produce trucks on these dessert roads. No packing just dump it in.

Today we drove to San Fransico to go and see Alcatraz. It was freezing and we all had to pull our jumpers out. Boy's very disappointed as all the tours were booked out until 24th July. We did buy a very …

... . The food choices are great and in most cases the food seems to be great. I look forward to dinner every night. We both are finding San Francisco a breath of fresh air. We haven’t enjoyed a city quite as much as this for the whole trip and it is a ...

... . Took the trolley car down to Fisherman's Wharf and walked back up the steep (and I mean steep) hills back to our hotel (via Chinatown) to try and tire ourselves out for the 20+ hours we'll be spending on the plane. First rule when travelling with a ...

29th November - 2nd December 2007. We both had been looking forward to visiting San Francisco since we decided to add it to our trip. The flight up from Vegas took only one hour and we were sitting next to a San Fran local who gave us the insiders ...

... nbsp; There are a lot of homeless people too, but different than in DC barely any of them asked for money.  San Francisco is a lot of up and downhill walking, so don't forget your sneakers.  Once we finally made it to ...

Mark Twain once said that the coldest winter he ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. I can beleieve it; it's bloomin' freezing here, real winter coat type weather. Trouble is, we've just flown in from SE Asia and we don't have any warm ...

... out of their sunroofs almost as much as they were off the sides of the trams with their cameras going. Returning via the largest Chinatown outside of China I headed over the other side of the bay to meet Judi who had been concerned I was not well enough ...

... this morning with the one I was in booked out tonight but shifting over to the oddly named Adelaide hostel here in San Francisco was just a short walk around the corner. Really homely comfortable place although checking in with at the same time as two ...

... later I was settled into my room and then back out to take a look at the live music venue I passed on the way down. San Francisco is a strange city. It is quite small (pretty much a first in the US) with a handful of highrise buildings downtown and ...

... -off bus was at the pier, so we decided to do a couple of tours on the bus. Our tour guide explained to us that the San Francisco Port Authority tried everything in their power to move the sea lion colony out of the harbor, because they felt that it was ...

... BREAKFAST, bonus! (fruit and 2 bagels). Walked through chinatown (largest in N America apparently) with Mary-Anne and Emma. San Francisco consists of pastel coloured wooden seaside-resort type homes built on incredibly steep slopes. Got cable car up ...