San Francisco

Thursday 17 November 2005

We bought an all day travel ticket for the cable trolley cars and travelled all over the city, through the streets, up and down the hills, then explored the water front, the Golden Gate bridge and saw Alcatraz from a distance. By the end of today we were both smitten by this beautiful Quake City. Caught a pleasant flight to Phoenix and found that it was what we expect Los Angeles to be like. Flat wide desert type area with many fly overs, dual carriage ways, palm trees and huge advertising signs everywhere. We had a good night's rest in a hostel downtown.

Patsy on San Francisco Trolley Car

San Francisco Waterfront with Golden Gate Bridge in background

San Francisco from the Trolley Car

Wednesday 16 November 2005

Caught the ferry back to Vancouver and bus to the airport. Managed to get on an earlier flight to San Francisco. San Francisco is not very impressive from the airport to the Bay area but once one gets into the city things improve. Many down and out people about who all seem to own and live out of their own shopping trolley. The city is interesting the way it is built on steep hills. Booked ourselves in to the backpackers and took an evening walk around down town. Will see more of the city tomorrow.