Favourite shot of the day... Golden Gate Bridge...After a two hour plane journey from Vancouver, we arrived at the Westin St Francis Hotel in Union Square at about 5pm and checked in to yet another lovely Hotel room. The city itself was alive with traffic... vehicles, taxis, cable cars and people filled the streets and Union Square which is right in the heart of San Francisco was filled with the young and the old, the rich and the poor, the tourist and the homeless. The square was so radically full of life as the wilderness of Alaska had seemed so radically empty of life. The contrast was enormous, but it was a good feeling to be off the ship and back on terra firma and looking forward to the sights of San Francisco.
The Westin St Francis from Union Square at night...
Our first day was Sunday the 17th May and we were scheduled to visit Heathers cousin Shirley who lived a good 40 minutes away by train. Shirley met us at the train station and we then enjoyed a day driving down the east coast and back over the hills to enjoy a barbecue tea before Shirley dropped us back in Union Square that evening.
The following day we caught the Open Top sightseeing bus, a Hop on Hop off bus that does a huge circle around the city stopping at each main attraction enabling you to get on or off as you wish over the period of two full days. We have found these a great way to see what a city has to offer and an easy way to get to the places you then decide you want to take a closer look at. Our first choice was the Golden Gate Bridge, but it was so covered in fog it was not possible to even take a picture of it, so we headed for Pier 39 to take a look at the shops in the hope that the fog would lift later in the day, which it did.
The following day we caught the Open Top sightseeing bus, a Hop on Hop off bus that does a huge circle around the city stopping at each main attraction enabling you to get on or off as you wish over the period of two full days. We have found these a great way to see what a city has to offer and an easy way to get to the places you then decide you want to take a closer look at. Our first choice was the Golden Gate Bridge, but it was so covered in fog it was not possible to even take a picture of it, so we headed for Pier 39 to take a look at the shops in the hope that the fog would lift later in the day, which it did.
San Francisco's most famous houses...the Painted Ladies...
Shopping at Pier 39...
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