From what ever angle you look at it, this city is beautiful.
The very broad perspective showing all the exhausting hills.
Located close to the Pacific Ocean a chill wind constantly blowed around our noses while walking around downtown. Coloured wooden houses are distributed over hills that make your calfs burn. Parks, beaches and a seaside promenade cover the coastline.
Looking great from the distant until you try to climb it.
We spent a good week in the city and by the end it got really stressful to finish off all the points on our to-do list. We strolled through San Franciscos neighbourhoods and tried to find old foody memories in Chinatown (the rice noodle soup was even better than the one in Guillin but also several times more expensive). But the little israelian restaurant and the legendary In N‘ Out Burger (They have exactly three items on the menu: Hamburger, Cheeseburger and fries.) were really good too.
The steepest street in the city can only be used in one direction and id mostly by tourists.
This suspension bridge is several km long and a really good place for whale watching too.
Wonder whether the decision to paint the bridge red had something to do with the fact that the rust is less visible.
1. a 7 days unlimited public transport (we never used it for the cable car though included, because we wouldn’t want to wast our time queuing up for it)
You have to be patient to be transported slow.
It’s strange that I find them disgusting while being in the water but astonishing in an aquarium.
3. Alcatraz
Did you know, that Alcatraz has been a prison museum longer than it has been an actual prison?
And being one of the most famous attractions of San Francisco it attracts quite some spectators. But hey we didn’t had to book it weeks in advance.
Cosy, isn’t it?
Who is looking at who?
Here we learned, how to get slim fast …
… how to take pictures of a falling water drop …
… how to discolour jelly bellies …
… and how to build illusions.
„Wasn’t me that just tried to steal your bread.“
They really mad a to of space for their elephant seals, but if they are not currently pushing each other from the platforms, they love to cuddle together.