Thursday 19 February 2015

San Francisco day 1

We made it to San Francisco!  What was to be a 2 hrs drive turned into about 3.5 with traffic and a few stops along the way. 

We started with breakfast in Carmel at one of 20 "fairy tale" buildings built in the town between 1929 to 1931. It was definitely the most dwarf-like building we have been in. 

After breakfast, we made our way along the coast to San Francisco. We got into the city at about 12:45 and made it 7 miles to our hotel by 2pm. 

After dropping off our bags and parking the car, we took a walk down The Embarcadero to Pier 39 which has lots of shops and restaurants. We took a cruise around the Bay, under the Golden Gate Bridge and around Alcatraz Island. After the cruise we needed to warm up so had dinner at Pier Market. Lola enjoyed a seafood stew with rice while Arizona Adam had clam chowder in a bread bowl and a Caesar salad. 

After supper, we got a hot beverage for our walk back to the hotel, 1.5 miles away. 

Tomorrow will be an earlier start as we have a tour to Alcatraz departing at 9:30. Afterwards we will spend some time exploring San Francisco, maybe ride a streetcar. 

Here are some photos from the day:






Golden Gate Bridge

Alcatraz

Bay Bridge



Downtown San Francisco



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