San Francisco has been on my list of places to visit for a very long time. In July we spent 4 wonderful days there, staying at the Cathedral Hill Hotel on Van Ness. Each morning started with breakfast at Mel's Diner across the street. We enjoyed the trolleys, cable cars, buses, and even the BART for our mode of transportation around town. We rode the Bay Area Rapid Transit under the bay to Oakland just for the experience.
We traveled over most of the town visiting many of the quaint neighborhoods that included Chinatown, Fisherman's wharf, North Beach, Nob Hill and Japan Center. At Coit Tower we had a wonderful view from atop the hill before descending for an Italian dinner.
On the final day in town we chose the truck for our mode of transportation, which probably would have saved a lot of time had we used it earlier. But we would have missed the experience of standing on a chilly street corner at night wondering when the next bus might come. Leon finally got to drive down the curviest street in America, Lombard Street. Tourists gather at the bottom just to watch the happening.
The street cars took us to the outskirts of the down town area. We even got to watch two women have a fight on one ride. This one we caught down by Fisherman's Wharf and actually took the wrong one, which created a sightseeing trip.
I had no idea of the economic importance of this town for the west coast and its tremendous past history until I visited. I always marveled at the exteme differences between the old and new. Leon had spent months working in the bay area so this was not so new and exciting for him. But he was an excellent tour guide.
This was one of our many visits to Fisherman's Wharf. I was drawn to the area like a magnet. Visit Flickr for more of our San Francisco photos and the communities we visited while there.
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