Weather: Party cloudy and foggy 24C but felt colder.
We had a sleep in to 7:30 am after our late night, so
we missed the sunrise which was not a problem as it was a cloudy day and there
would have been nothing to see. We
decided to skip our plans to visit Golden Gate Park, so we walked up Filbert
Street and along Polk Street to get an all day public transport pass from the
Coles Hardware Store. We then walked to
Lombard Street to take photographs of the world’s most crooked street. Lombard Street is very pretty with lovely
gardens and hedging making it easy to look at and smelt nice too.
Me at Lombard Street
Me at Lombard Street
After getting our photos of Lombard Street we boarded
the cable car and rode it all the way to Downtown where we went into a
Westfield Shopping Centre. Justin got a cappuccino
and I finally got a piece of pumpkin pie, which I did not like. Part of the problem with Pumpkin Pie is it
looks like caramel tart but doesn’t taste like it. Everything else I tried in America
which was Pumpkin Pie flavoured I liked but not the real deal.
Pumpkin Pie
Due to the large queue of people wanting to get the
cable car from Downtown (thinks hours wait time) we decided we would walk up a couple
of stops and try to get on there.The
problem with that idea was we went in the wrong direction, walking through a
rough looking area known to some as the tenderloins. After finding a bus we got
off at California Street where we boarded a cable car without any queue.We rode this cable car for a while before
getting off and boarding one back to Fisherman’s Wharf.
We walked back to the hotel as the sun had come out
and we didn’t have our hats and sunscreen with us, once they were collected we
got a bus to the Golden Gate Bridge and walked to the first pylon.Justin thought the Blue Angels would be
practising for Fleet Week the following day, like they had done the day
before.We spent 45 minutes on the
bridge but no planes flew over and the fog had set in.
Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Justin at the Golden Gate Bridge
View of Alcatraz from Golden Gate Bridge while planes
practice for Fleet Week
We got a bus back to near the hotel (Da Vinci Villa)
as we were going to meet Dexter at 6:00 pm, who we knew from a Contiki Trip of
New Zealand. We arrived just before Dexter and he took us out sightseeing with
evening photos of the Golden Gate Bridge which included views from underneath and
from the other side. Dexter took us to
see the Palace of Fine Arts then dropped us off at Pier 39.
Golden Gate Bridge at sunset
Golden Gate Bridge at sunset
Palace of Fine Arts
We had dinner
at the Fog Hollow Restaurant which was nice, I had the Pacific Sole with
vegetables and Justin had the New York Strip Steak with mash potatoes and
vegetables. We got lost walking back to the hotel and walked much of Lombard
Street, therefore we got to see it in daylight and at night.
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