"Seductive San Francisco" a San Francisco Travel Page by sue_stone

We spent four nights in San Francisco and it was as fabulous as I had hoped. The type of city I could live in - beautiful scenery, interesting architecture, quirky transport options, great restaurants, and steep hills to climb helping to work off the over-indulging in said great restaurants.

We spent time exploring the various districts, really enjoying the hillier parts and the lovely views over the bay. We caught plenty of cable cars up and down hills, and loved the restored streetcars that trundled along the less-hilly bits.

Driving across the Golden Gate Bridge was fabulous, as the fog wafted over. Walking down crooked Lombard Street was like something off TV. Very tasty Mexican food, tasty Dim Sum. Seeing old ladies in Chinatown hand-making fortune cookies.

Loved the smelly, noisy sea lions at Pier 39, the great farmers market on a Saturday morning where half the city converges for breakfast, and were thrilled to discovered old favourite arcade games at the bizarre Mechanical Museum. Oh, and a visit to Alcatraz was really really interesting.

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