Photos from San Fran
Starting Track: Black Eyed Pea ~ Galactic
Now that we’re back in the burbs, the internet flows freely.. Overall, I was realtively impressed with San Francisco. A nice town, but I still think that Seattle is the best place we’ve been thus far. We explored quite a bit of San Fran, and it’s definitely nice. It was a little chilly (50 degrees, and it doesn’t really get much more than 60 or so at any time, and the wind is fairly chilly.)
Yesterday we came into SF via the Golden Gate bridge, and after checking in to the Mark Hopkins hotel (woo hoo!) we walked from Nob Hill over to Haight-Ashbury. We definitely saw some sketchy areas, and the early parts of Haight wasn’t that great.. but the H-A area was kinda cool. We then explored the Golden Gate park and the Japanese Tea Garden, which was very cool.
We took a bus over to Union, Cow Hollow, where we walked back to the hotel via the newbury-like street area. The hills are really killer, but it was fun overall. We got ready for dinner and had a cocktail at the Top of the Mark. Afterwards we headed over to Sanraku for some Sushi dinner. Some of the best I’ve ever had, that’s for sure. Finished up at the Tonga Room in the Fairmont, which had a bar similar to that of the Rainforest Cafe.. pretty cool.
Today was Alcratraz, which was truly amazing. Really an incredible place, that I must recommend to anyone that goes to SF. We stopped by Pier 39 to see the Sea Lions.. Grabbed a bite to eat (In N Out), and took our cable car ride.
By the end of the afternoon, we just drove around the city (Lombard, etc..) and explored some of the heights areas (Twin Peaks, etc.) which gave some pretty awesome sights. Took off for Salinas, around 5pm where we found our next hotel..
And there we are. Fairly abrupt, but I’m beat.. it’s been a long couple of days,
and a lot more to do.
Last Track: Blarney Stone ~ Ween
~ LTJ
