SAN FRANCISCO

Photo 1: Fisherman’s Wharf from Lori’s Diner where we had brunch. (Woke up too late for breakfast).

Photo 2: Phil and a trolley bus. Great way to get around.

Photo 3: Hillside houses across the bay from downtown. Note the tangle of cables and trolley car wires overhead. Public transport is very green here. Even the buses are hybrids.

This is our third trip to San Francisco and we never get tired of this great city. We have already seen many iconic places on previous trips, like Alcatraz, Sausalito, Muir Woods and so on. So after crashing on our first day here to get over jet lag we took a walk down to Fisherman’s Wharf and along to Ghirardelli Square and thee famous chocolate shop. Lots of good stuff there – except for people like Phil who can’t eat chocolate (sad eh).

From there we spent the day riding cable cars and trolley cars around the town. San Francisco is probably the most hilly town we have ever visited. The cable car conductor had to warn us to hang on at one stage as we plunged down the steepest slope you can imagine. Talk about mountain goat country! But it was fun. (And Phil found a $5 note lying on the road…maybe his shout for tea, but how far will 1 prawn go between us???? J)

San Francisco has always been known for its encouragement of diversity and we could see why. Everywhere you here a mix of accents and languages, especially Spanish and Japanese. And it seems that every second light post has a gay pride flag. Nice friendly people here!