Tuesday, November 30, 2010

The City of calm and peace

San Francisco...from the moment we arrived in this beautiful city I knew it was special. We rented an apartment right in the city for 5 nights. After weeks of sleeping with each other in motel rooms and in close proximity in the RV the adults had their own room.Yahoo!! The apartment had its own garden and loads of room to spread out. Bliss. After watching many movies and documentaries over the years about San Francisco it was everything and more. From the architecture of the beautiful wooden homes to the peacefulness of the city...which might have been due to the wafting haze of marijuana as I discovered on my venture into a park. It is indeed a hilly city. The steepness of the city streets has to be seen to be believed. Where ever you look it seems to be surrounded by the sea. The bay is immense and there are several islands dotted around...the most famous being Alcatraz. On the day we decided to visit this place it was so cold and drizzly...actually the only day we had weather like it. ...It suited where we were visiting. I really enjoyed the tour of Alcatraz and was surprised it was only used for 20 odd years as a prison. We certainly visited all the landmarks of San Francisco and felt the vibe.

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