Blogs from Pacifica, San Francisco, California, United States, North America - page 3

On leaving San Franciso at the tail-end of a coast-to-coast USA road-trip three years ago, I promised to come back in the future. So here it is. The start of a new 4 week itinery, beginning (yeah!!!) and ending (nooo!) at the Golden Gate and taking in parts of Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California. First up, 4 days in San Francisco, checking out the Golden Gate park, Chinatown, Union Square, Japanese Tea Garden, Haight-Ashbury and Fisherman's Wharf before picking up the van and heading out to the open road. Let's Go!!... read more

San Francisco was a wonderful stop. It is a beautiful old city and the people here are very friendly and helpful to visitors. We arrived and were set up by about 1:30 or 2:00 so set out on our first adventure downtown and to have dinner in China Town. We found out we are not very mass transit oriented. First problem being we left our Bart instructions from the RV park in our car. No problem, we can figure it out, ha. Actually we did figure the ticket machine and which train to take OK, it was getting off that presented the problem. We found a friendly native who told us to get off at Powell St., thank you nice person. First 6 stops the station name was on the left, 7th stop, no name hmmmm. ... read more

9th April Happy Birthday Di! What a fabulous place San Francisco is! The shopping, the food, the architecture, the people! The hills are very, very steep and great for walking (down that is - and not in high heels). The weather changes every 3 days they say. Friday was hot, Saturday was cold, Sunday is raining. Hopefully sunny again on Monday. Had a wonderful Italian meal on Friday night at a family run restaurant on Lombard Street. The dollar is at about 93 at the moment, so the costs are evening out. Ross - Dress for Less in SF is 4 stories! More shoes for Wayne!... read more

Søndag den 3. januar - onsdag den 6. januar. Så kom vi til den sidste destination på vores rejse - San francisco. Ved hjælp af vores ”never lost GPS” fandt vi rimelig hurtig frem til vores motel i Nob Hill området, som ligger lige i udkanten af centrum. Et ok kvarter med flere små sjove butikker og masser af cafeer og restauranter - nice. Da vi havde en aftale med Catherine og Owen kl. 16.00 ville vi meget gerne ind på vores værelse, men desværre var det først klar kl. 15.00, så vi måtte ud og finde en cafe en lille halv times tid - det betød lidt travlhed, for vi ville gerne alle 3 have et bad og klæde om inden vi skulle køre til El Cerrito, en forstad som ligger en lille halv times ... read more

After a few delays from the airport, thanks to the weather in San Francisco, we finally made into the city we decided to spend our year anniversary. Being cheap, we took the BART from the hotel to the civic center and thought it best to walk to our hotel instead of call a taxi. The taxi ride $9, watching Jeff carry our heavy travel bag on his shoulder as we blindlessly navigated through a city we're never been too, priceless. We did make it to the hotel, and thankfully the weather was kind and stopped raining between the time we were in the airport and the time we took to walk to the hotel. As soon as we checked in, the rain realized it had granted us everything it could, and started up again. Because our ... read more