Haight-Ashbury San Francisco

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 …

Another city and another walking tour ... this one though was put together by Sarah and her new breakfast friends. (An English girl from our dorm, a German and a Dutch lad.)

So after our free fruit, bagel and juice breakfast provided at the hostel, we grab some maps, directions from the hostel staff, some bus numbers and walk out to …

I dag ville vi udnytte sidste hele dag med bil og derfor kørte vi ud til nogle af de lidt mere afsidesliggende kvarterer i San Francisco. Castro er kendt for at være tilholdssted for homoseksuelle - og kendes på det flotte regnbuefarvede flag. Et hyggeligt, åbent miljø hvor alle slags mennesker er velkomne. Sporvogne i alle …

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We had a little bit of a snag with the Days Inn we stayed at the first two nights, had to transfer to a new room, then it still wasn't good...long story short however we've found a better place, and are disputing that charge, made for a ****** couple days. We are now at Alpine Inn and Suites, a very cute little homey place which is very nice and …

Unser erster Tag in San Francisco ist also vorbei. Gut, dass wir noch einen zweiten haben, denn es gibt hier so viel zu tun!

Wir genossen unsere erste Nacht in dem originellen Bed & Breakfast und schliefen ein bisschen länger als sonst. Das Frühstück war genial - wir konnten von der ganze Karte auswählen und der Kaffee war wirklich …

Upon our return to Fremont we were happy to relax for a few days around the house after our walking sprees on the Vegas Strip before embarking on some proper day trips to San Francisco to explore. As an introduction Petros drove us to San Francisco to show us around, with the first stop being the famous Ferry Building complete with a Saturday …

Another busy day. We turned on the tv to check the weather channel and OMG! We had had fantastic weather in New York, it couldn't have been better but now they were having storms and flash floods. The areas we'd been walking around we're completely flooded. How lucky we're we!

Anyway, after a very nice breakfast in the Grand Club we got …

The suns shining in SF and we are off to the place where the "Summer of Love" happened. Haight on Ashbury. It's the hippy part of SF. The streets full if cute vintage boutiques, weed shops, hippies, hobos, tramps, buskers, and mini memorials dedicated to musicians that have sadly pasted away! The street just smells of weed... Who knew it was legal …

... on the water. Now I'm waiting for England's crucial match against Croatia, and I'm off to a bar just around the corner in Haight-Ashbury. Tonight I'm off to Alaska for a couple of weeks for two weddings (strange but true) and catching some big-ass salmon ...

... has an art museum, science centre, huge band stand, Japanese Tea Garden all neatly laid out under trees. We drove through Haight Ashbury and Pacific Heights which are the posh areas with beautiful houses, passed the house used in the film 'Mrs ...

... . On our way back the fog cleared up for wonderful views of the bridge and downtown SF. The next day we cycled out to Haight Ashbury passed the Painted Ladies (iconic but in my opinion unremarkable) and on into Golden Gate park. We had typical SF weather ...

... here for weeks.  Not only did we not get to see some of the other popular neighbourhoods such as the Castro and Haight Ashbury, we found this city wonderfully livable.  Sure it is a big city, but it feels extremely comfortable and each little ...

... that there was a lot more to keep us occupied. San fran had a China Town and Little Italy, there was a district call Haight Ashbury, which to all 'older' readers of this will know this is where the hippy movement started and you could also get great ...

... cult started here as well. People will take hits from the bong I guess. Anyway, the architecture in and around the Haight area is pure San Francisco and well worth the effort of taking half a day to walk the streets. You work the glutes and the eyeballs ...

... duh! North Beach Russian Hill - where the switchbacks of Lombard street are Pacific Heights - big Victorian mansions Haight-Ashbury The Fillmore Concert Theatre Cartoon Art Museum Wells Fargo Museum Tattoo Art Museum Fisherman's Wharf Boudin's ...

... not seen, our jet lag buzzed off for a while as we took in some of the delights of this beautfiul city. We drove to Haight Ashbury, a very hippie area a bit like Camden and a bit like Melbourne in some ways, all the funky shops and artsy cafes. The ...

... it. After lunch we went to Berkley to explore. There is a street called telegraph street that we heard described as "modern day haight ashbury". We went on a tuesday, so there was not too much going on. On Saturdays Telegraph Avenue is shut down and ...

... San Francisco skyline. From there we walked in and out of some small neighbourhood parks, and into the crossroads and area of Haight Ashbury - ground zero for the Summer of Love in the 60's. It's a very cool quirky area, houses have great characters ...