Adventures in San Francisco
Yesterday we visited the ginormous city of San Francisco. I had not been there in years--so long that I rememered almost nothing about it. The only thing I did remember was eating clam chowder down at Fisherman's Warf.
Anyways, we got a decent-sized group together, all piled onto BART at about 11:30 (after aridiculous search for a parking spot that led us to the movie theatre parking lot across the freeway), and arrived in San Fran about 50 minutes later. We came up in Union Square and took the cable car over to Fisherman's Warf, where we all got some clam chowder. It was quite delicious!
After we ate, we walked around Fisherman's Warf a bit and then went to Ghirardelli Square. They were handing out samples of Ghirardelli chocolate, so I got my bit of chocolate for the day. I was happy... ^_^ By then, it was beginning to be dusk, so we decided to take the cable car back to Union Square and then walk to the Bank of America building. And yes, we went up all 52 floors on the express elevator.
Boy, my ears still haven't recovered... *lol* It wasn't so bad going up, but when we came back down, all of us were holding our ears. heh. But it was still a lot of fun. We went up to the resturaunt at the top of the building, and sat next to the huge windows that look out over the city. I was rather freaked out at first, but then it was fun... We were a loooong ways up...
It got dark while we were up there, so we got to see all the lights in the city come on. It was beautiful. We all got sodas, and after we had finished, we walked back to Union Square and hopped back on BART to take us home.
It was an awesome, but tiring day. I definitely want to go back to San Francisco soon! It's a fun city, although I don't really like all the people. lol. Too many of them! Still, I had a blast, and it was even better because we went with friends.
Here are just a few pictures from the day...
Some of the boats down at Fisherman's Warf
I loved how these trees looked, lining the street...
Looking back up at the city from one of the docks.
The beautiful ship Balclutha.
She was built in Glasgow, Scotland in 1886
The Ghirardelli sign, obviously...
And finally...
The Golden Gate Bridge, at dusk, from the 52nd floor of the BoA building.
Goodnight, San Francisco!
Anyways, we got a decent-sized group together, all piled onto BART at about 11:30 (after a
After we ate, we walked around Fisherman's Warf a bit and then went to Ghirardelli Square. They were handing out samples of Ghirardelli chocolate, so I got my bit of chocolate for the day. I was happy... ^_^ By then, it was beginning to be dusk, so we decided to take the cable car back to Union Square and then walk to the Bank of America building. And yes, we went up all 52 floors on the express elevator.
It was an awesome, but tiring day. I definitely want to go back to San Francisco soon! It's a fun city, although I don't really like all the people. lol. Too many of them! Still, I had a blast, and it was even better because we went with friends.
Here are just a few pictures from the day...
Some of the boats down at Fisherman's Warf
I loved how these trees looked, lining the street...
Looking back up at the city from one of the docks.
The beautiful ship Balclutha.
She was built in Glasgow, Scotland in 1886
The Ghirardelli sign, obviously...
And finally...
The Golden Gate Bridge, at dusk, from the 52nd floor of the BoA building.
Goodnight, San Francisco!
posted by The Ocean's Dreams at
11:33 AM
5 Comments:
Ah Yes, that was quite fun. It was too short though, I thought. I wish the food was less expensive though, I was REALLY looking forward to that bread bowl. :-P
By
Shawnzo, At
10/1/07 19:58
:D! You commented! teehee... I'm happy now. hehe.
And ja, it was a blast, but it was far too short. And I was looking forward to that bread bowl, too. *meep* Ah well... the clam chowder was still delicious, as was the sliced french bread. ^_^
We need to go again sometime, don't you think?
By
The Ocean's Dreams, At
10/1/07 21:00
yes, yes we do....
FLEET WEEK!
By
Shawnzo, At
11/1/07 09:17
Indeed!
FLEET WEEK!
:D Just tell me when it is and I'll come. ^_^
By
The Ocean's Dreams, At
11/1/07 23:48
You know there has always been very little to draw me to the cities of this world. Whether it's the crush of people, or the traffic...whatever it is, I would always rather hit Cambria on the Central Coast than San Francisco. We would be going there this summer if it weren't for the fact that we're going to be in SCOTLAND!!!! Ah, well. Can't be helped I guess. ;)
By
Chris, At
17/1/07 14:20
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