Your history is so interesting. Knowing that a major earthquake decimated the city in 1906 (only 26 buildings remained standing in the main area of the city) and another in 1985 influenced changes in building codes is pretty awesome.
The fact that there is seafood everywhere is another definitely pro on the loving you list. Your eclectic cultures, your diversity, your inclusion are all positives.
Your crooked streets, your hills, your roads that run the length and width, the fact that you are a 7 mile by 7 mile city. Your arts scene, your tourist industry - you have so much going for you.
But I need a summer and today on the bus tour they talked about your two seasons - rain from October to April and maximum temps in summer up to 23 degrees. You’re just too cool for me. I can’t do this to myself and it’s just not fair to string you along. I really hope we can be friends - there’s definitely a connection, but it’s just not a permanent thing.
I had a great time today. We used the hop on hop off bus to familiarise ourselves with the city and squeezed in a cruise on the bay to get as close to Alcatraz as possible, given we couldn’t secure a day ticket at short notice. Learned a lot about the history of the bay city, drive over the Golden Gate Bridge, through the park of the same name and up and down the many hilly streets of the city.
Did the obligatory Madame Tussaud’s and got some photos with the celebs, bought some Ghirardelli‘s chocolate (chocolate coated bacon - seriously!) and took the night tour over the Bay Bridge (brrrr) to view the city from across the bay. Finished off with dinner at the Blue Mermaid (coolest name!) - the restaurant that won the best chowder in SF in 2018. Chowder was good (still preferred Boudin’s version as it was creamier and had more of a seafood flavour) and then the cable car ride home. Only a short morning to go and only one more short flight as our holiday winds toward its final days. Tomorrow we are off to LA.
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