Re: A Very British Trip Report - California 2005 - Day 9

kevin.stringer@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
lls galore.
> At Pier 39 we watch the sea lions basking on the floating pontoons.
> The girls would watch them for hours if we let them.

I'm the same as your girls. Just leave me there, and come back for me
in a few hours. I love the sounds they make. I think they're highly
amusing.

>There are loads
> of tour boats offering trips under the Golden Gate Bridge and around
> Alcatraz. We might do this tomorrow.

Oh, I hope you decided to do an Alcatraz tour - it really is
fascinating, imho. The audio tour is especially great.

> We walk up the side of Lombard Street to catch a cable car back
> uptown. After a couple go by and don't even stop because they are
> already full that I get the feeling that we will need to walk back to
> the cable car terminus to have a chance of getting on.

I'm surprised you didn't mention the queue on the other end, on the way
to Fisherman's Wharf. It really is crazy, how long you have to wait to
get on. But, as you said, no visit to SF is complete without a cable
car experience.

> 20 blocks up and down the steep hills of San Francisco is probably not
> the best idea.

No kidding. On my first visit there, I had a very handy little fold-out
city map. On the map, the distances looked very walkable. The map
didn't show the hills...we walked forever. Achy feet beyond belief.

Should have hit Ghirardelli Square first for an ice cream soda for
fuel...

> One thing that is a little unsettling is the number of beggars about.

I live close to NYC and I was shocked the first time I went to SF, not
so much that there were homeless, but that they were actively
panhandling. You're right. Unsettling is a good word for it.

Sounds like a great day in SF. It's a beautiful city. I'd go back any
day.

Lee

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