After renewing our car rental agreement in central San Francisco we had some lunch in Union Square, where there was some street dancing and filming going on for some tv program. We’ll never know which one, but our performance of ‘excited faces in crowd; number 100 and 101’ means that we are probably going to be in high demand as we venture south to Hollywood in a couple of weeks.
After lunch we set out on our driving tour of San Francisco, which was a great way to see some of the cities most famous sights in 3-4 hours. Our first stop was Lombard Street, the wiggliest street in America, which was born out of a need to reduce the 27% gradient so that cars could still drive down it. It is also made famous by movies ‘Bullitt‘, ‘Vertigo’ and ‘Herbie the love bug’! The top of the street is also one of the highest points in downtown San Francisco and gave us some great views of the city and also of ‘Alcatraz Prison’!
We then took a drive past Golden Gate Bridge, which is what most people think about when they think about San Francisco. We managed to find a free car park (of course) a hundred meters away from the really touristy pay one. It is an amazing sight and we were pleased we managed to get some good shots. We then drove along some of the headlands, through some of the posh areas of San Francisco and through Golden Gate Park, which is similar to New York’s Central Park, I.e. massive. It was very pretty and green and unsurprisingly very busy. Everyone likes to go to the nice parks on a sunny day!!
We had a great day and so far, as tourists, San Francisco is our favourite area of the US so far. Looking forward to another days sightseeing tomorrow…
Sounds great. Weather looks good as well. Forecast snow here this week again!
ReplyDeleteHope next few days sightseeing is as good.
Love mam xx