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Mission Dolores and the Presidio were founded by the Spanish in 1776 but the actual settlement of the area by Europeans began in the 1830s. After the discovery of gold in 1848, thousands of prospectors poured through town on their way to the California gold fields. The new city expanded rapidly, was burned down, erupted with crime, and then finally emerged at the end of the 19th century as the largest and most influential American city west of the Mississippi. After the 1906 earthquake and fire, the city rebuilt fairly quickly. Its tremendous bridges were constructed, connecting to the shores of San Francisco Bay, and high-rise office towers started to spring up.

The Golden Gate Bridge and the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge connect the city with Marin Country and the East Bay. With all the new architecture and innovation, the city still reveres and preserves its past with the Victorian houses, cable cars and evidence of gold rush days. It is surely one of the most loved travel destinations in the world and certainly a favourite of mine. And yes, another heart was left in San Francisco.

The weather has a life of its own, with warm summery days in the fall, and wintery days in the summer months. I had been warned about the famous Fog and its constant appearance. San Fran, surrounded on three sides by water, is a compact city measuring about seven miles long and seven miles wide.

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