Lombard Street San Francisco

Verdammt! Das ist das Wort des Tages! Und dabei wurde es für vielerlei verschiedene Dinge bzw. Ereignisse genutzt. Das wohl prägnanteste und leider auch negativste wofür wir von diesem Wort Gebrauch machten war aber ganz klar dieser unfassbar kalte, nein, EISKALTE Wind! Ein immerwährender, allgegenwärtiger und starker Wind zieht durch diese Stadt …

Uitslapen is iets wat we tot nu toe niet hebben gedaan…simpelweg alleen al door het feit dat we uit onszelf rond 06.30 wakker zijn…zo ook deze dag. Het ontbijt bestond uit muffins..en om 08.30 liepen we al op straat op weg naar Fishermans Warf om kaarten te halen voor een bezoek aan Alcatraz..

Het bleek wat bewolkt deze ochtend …

My legs were killing the next day from all the walking I'd done the day before. I left the hostel at about 10am to go to LAX and get my flight up to San Francisco, it only cost me £60 and saved me sitting on a minging greyhound bus for the best part of a day. I got to the airport so early, the ride there only took around 45 minutes but took 1 hour …

After breakfast, we took a tour of some of the most popular sights in San Francisco. Our first stop was Lombard Street, the "crookedest street in the world". Had to drive down! (Always wonder what the residents on that street think about tourists driving down there every day.) Once we made the trip down, we stopped to take pictures of where we had …

After leaving the Jelly Belly Factory we decided to head to San Francisco to see if we could get to the Boudin Bread Factory before it closed. I punched in the location in my iPhone and it looked like the shortest route to the Fisherman's Wharf was through Berkeley and over the Bay Bridge...but this route wouldn't take us over the Golden Gate …

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Vandaag dus weer een dagje SF. De dag begint al bijzonder omdat we pas om half tien wakker worden. Geslapen als een blok, zal wel nodig zijn geweest. We zijn net op en Freek staat onder de douche als Daphne op onze kamerdeur klopt. Het lijkt alsof ze fris en fruitig is, maar dat is schijn. Je laat ze een avond vrij en ze …

San Francisco would have to be the coldest place by far on our trip but a quick check of the weather showed that Perth’s temperature was exactly the same! Adam was going off to do some washing and Holly and I went to explore the town. We started off by catching the bus into chinatown to explore. What an interesting experience it was to see …

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 …

Janice and Ed were taking Alex to a baseball game, so that left Kim and I to explore the area on our own. We had seen some programs on the Travel Channel about the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose. It was built by Sarah Winchester, widow of the heir to the Winchester Repeating Arms company William Wirt Winchester. She had been told that all of …

Well, Well, Well. Welcome again to our blog coming to you from sunny San Francisco. Just chilling in our hotel all day today watching Wimbledon with the volume down as Sharapova is playing and we don't want our neighbours thinking something kinky is going on. Eagerly waiting to fly out to Vivvvaaa Las Vegas tomorrow morning. We had a great time in …

... was spent cruising around in his very nice soft top BMW, taking in some of the last lot of sights.  First stop, Lombard Street and the famous windy, crookedy street.  I have no idea why this street exists as Lombard Street pretty much cuts ...

... in SFO were within walking distance of the vacation rental.  Wanna know where we stayed? It was here: 307 Filbert Street, Apt. C, San Francisco, CA 94133 One last story.  Be sure to honor the emperor:  Have you heard of San ...

... to drive slower. Oh, of course, what was I thinking? There's Rundle Street in Adelaide on a Saturday night! After Lombard Street we caught a ride on San Francisco's famous cable car. Now, you may think you know what a cable car is: a tram right? Well, ...

... ; (Lombard at Russian Hill) for a little while to take in the quirkiness of the place before moving on. This section of Lombard Street is best known for the one-way section  between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets where the road has 8 sharp switchbacks ...

... downtown, the beach, Alcatraz and the beautiful blue bay. Its such a compact city but has it all. We headed back into town via Lombard street which is so steep they had to make it chicane so it is the worlds most crooked street. It was just a zigzag ...

... . Got cable car up steep slope to Fisherman's wharf and bought tickets for Alcatraz for tomorrow. On way back walked down Lombard street-steep winding 90 degree turns-featured in film Bullet with Steve McQueen. Went to Japan centre in evening-like a ...

... isn't actually that much to do, but we did miss a couple of things, the cable car (tram) museum, and walking sown Lombard Street (corkiest street in the world). Neither of these attractions took very long but were free to do and it was quite interesting ...

... Alcatraz - pretty neat Golden Gate Bridge - like, 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 ...

... was clearing so we were able to get a good photo of the Golden Gate Bridge after all. We then walked to Lombard Street (the crooked street) and stood at the bottom and took pictures. Later in the afternoon we walked back to Market Street to have a ...

... nap.  I like naps.  There should be a law that makes naps mandatory.  I'd vote for that. Tried to check out Lombard Street, the so-called crookedest street but it was starting to get dark so I didn't see much.  Not much going on ...