Frisco

Hi all,
the last few days we have been in San Francisco. By far the best city of the trip so far! We have been having a great time. Its a really big city packed into a small area, so there is heaps to do and see but its also really easy to get around and you can walk almost everywhere.

The first day was spent checking out Haight Ashbury. This was the centre of the hippy movement in the 60's and is Haight St is still full of cool shops and bars and allot of weird folks that might even still believe its the 60's.
The houses here are all terrace houses and are really cool.
There are even some victorian style places left.

There is also a ton of art and stuff to see, there are little galleries everywhere and the graffitti is also quite cool.

This was on the footpath,



Yesterday we spent some time at Fishermans warf. Its really just a touristy area on the water. But they have great views of Alcatraz and the golden gate Bridge. They also have these guys.


Its also home to the worlds most bendy street. Lombard St
Its really cold and windy here, the wind blows right off the water and its freezing.
Today we hit Alcatraz and the golden gate bridge. Alcatraz is amazing, its only 2km from the city but the water is so cold the swim would kill you. The current is also really strong.


Its really cool to see the cells and how small they are.
Ahem.......
There have been a few escape attemps, the only ones that are unaccounted for escaped through this hole.
We were also lucky that they had a former inmate there today signing copies of his book. We brought one and he put his prisoner number in it for us.

We also went over the golden gate bridge today.


There is a great view of the city from the other side.

We really loved it here and its a shame that we are leaving tommorrow. We are headed back to LA for the last few days in America. What wacky hijinks will we get up to. Who knows?