Lombard Street San Francisco

Ráno jsme se sbalili ve Valleju, dokoupili cestou poslední věci a přesunuli jsme se do Belmontu na naše poslední ubytování, taktéž Motel 6. Zde jsme vybalili, vyklidili kompletně auto a vydali se downtown. Autem jsme si projeli velice známou uličku Lombard street a vydali se auto vrátit. Překvapivě byla autop …

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 …

We embarked on our cycling journey across the Golden Gate Bridge today and down into the little town of Sausalito across San Francisco Bay, around about 8 miles all up. First stop, though, was the section of Lombard St famous for being "the most crooked street in the world". No trip to San Francisco is complete without a shot of the street, and we …

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 …

Quand nous etions a San Fran...we biked...BEAUCOUP

San Fran was the first stop on our Cali (which became more broadly West Coast) adventure. Our plane from NY was the most time we spent planning with Lonely Planet, since itineraries are really not our style. But pas de souci, we always manage.

We touched down SFO (the nicest …

Tuesday 9/4/12:

Before we knew it we had hit San Fran and we were in desperate need of fuel. We drove around for about 20 minutes trying to find a gas station, before working out that our GPS could help us with it's places of interest. The GPS first took us to a closed gas station! Luckily we got there on the second attempt and refueled …

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 …

After a ten and a half hour flight we finally arrived in San Francisco at 5pm.

We hopped on the 'Bart' transport system into the centre of San Fran and then had trouble finding our hotel (if you can call it that!). After being directed by a friendly American we finally found it by China Town. Not the most pleasant hotel but had four walls …

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 …

Day 29

Hmm, a day earlier than expected, what shall we do today? We hitch a ride with the hop-on hop-off bus to the main office, since that is the only place where we can upgrade our ticket. Instead of 1 day we have time for 2. As an added bonus, with a 2 day ticket you can also participate in the evening tour, which follows a different …

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... . 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 ...

... 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 ...