Entered San Francisco over the Bay Bridge- which in fact is longer than the Golden Gate bridge, completed one year before, is two tiered and is sinking 1.5 inches each year as a result of the 1989 earthquake....just a few facts for you.
We parked the car and headed for Union Square, the site of the first underground car park. On our way we saw the famous San Francisco cable cars being turned around at Market. Arriving at the square, we were convinced to get a dodgy looking tour bus, but for $28 and 4 tours for the price of two usually, we couldn’t really complain. We jumped on the downtown loop to go to Fisherman’s Wharf...we were told that the lighthouse on Alcatraz was the first ever...what I think the tour guide meant to say was that it was the first one on the North Pacific coast line! We headed to pier 33, and got tickets to visit Alcatraz the next day and then jumped back on the bus to get back to Union Square for the 1:30 Golden Gate Park tour.
The park however, was closed on a Sunday... (Or so we were told...Beverley believes that yes the ordinary entrance was closed but that the driver missed the alternative he was directed too as she saw another bus inside the park!) Instead of being taken around the parks, the driver instead took us to see all the ‘beautiful’ (his catchphrase) things around the area. We saw lots of ‘painted ladies’ which are painted Victorian properties. He took us back via Alamo Square, where we saw the most photographed/postcard painted ladies.
After arriving back, we took a stop into Starbucks to warm up, and Rowena got another free coffee for guessing the difference between real and instant. We then did a brief stop in Borders before hopping on the ‘Night’ tour – if you can call 5pm and daylight, night time. This tour took us on a slightly different route so we could get a good view of the Bay Bridge.
We headed back to the hotel and Luke and Kishan got talking to a teacher collecting money for supplies in exchange for I heart SF stickers. When we got back to the hotel, decided to go for dinner nearby and so headed to Basil, a Thai restaurant a few doors down...very tasty food.
Back to the hotel to overhear a domestic in the room next door, and eventually to sleep.
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