I loved taking off with my hubby and walking the city. Wednesday we went to Chinatown and up to Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower. It was great exercise since the hills are crazy steep! What the?! I liked being able to have a partner in crime on my journey!
We walked through Little Italy/North Beach area up to Telegraph Hill. These photos below were taken with my phone because the other camera battery died. It did pretty good! I was surprised!
Great views from up top! Treasure Island, Lomard Street (the famous "crooked" street), the bridge, everything!
People had such beautiful gardens in their front yards. So tiny and secret!
We did have events that we needed to go to for my husband's work. We got to go to a concert with Lenny Kravitz and Imagine Dragons. It was great! But very chilly! I really needed my winter jacket!
Oh! Here's you another video with a San Francisco theme thanks to the crazy bus driver that had 4 songs on repeat. You're welcome again.
Tuesday was a day that I ventured out on my own. I still had another 24 hours on my sightseeing city bus pass so I took advantage of one of their other tours. This one went to the Golden Gate Park and through Upper and Lower Haight (my favorite part of the city other than starring at the Bridge). I also stayed on the bus and went back through downtown and yes, back to the Golden Gate Bridge. I couldn't get enough! This time I got off of the bus at the Bridge viewing area, stayed for a bit and ate ice cream with a little wooden spoon. I can't believe how many healthy organic snacks were at every place I went. I loved it.
Even the little plants were obsessed with Golden Gate
My favorite place during the whole trip. The bridge is so massive and so much larger than life. Whenever I am around something this grandiose it almost takes my breath away. In fact the first time the bridge came into my view on the first day it did take my breath away. The fog was rolling in and then would quickly disappear. It was magical. And I don't use that word a lot. I've noticed since my accident I haven't found much happiness in the little things. My mind is preoccupied with my limitations. I've lost a little bit of my joy and I'm not as easily amused as I used to be. This bridge busted it's way through my wall and really brought me back to reality. It is hard to describe and even hard to express in 2d on a blog page. But those of you have seen it in person or seen a wonder of the world like this know what I mean
The bus driver loved to play San Francisco themed songs. Thank goodness!
I was very excited to tour the Haight district. The vintage thrifter in me wanted to jump off the bus and buy another suitcase to fill up with all of these treasures.
The architecture, the murals, the neighborhood - it was just wonderful!
Saw my first medical marijuana dispensary. The tour guide showed us his prescription card! Ha! He said basically if you have anything wrong you can get one. Well, there you have it. Apartments are about $1200 a month. You share a bathroom with the other tenants and there is no kitchen.
A house where Jimmy Hendricks crashed for a while. Janice Joplin & Jefferson Airplane were living in the neighborhood too with the Golden Gate Park down the street holding the Summer of Love concert that was free with free food and a free health clinic. What an experience that would've been.
We did get to go through Golden Gate Park which seemed really nice. At this point in time it's a pretty chill place with a lot of trees and grass which is something that city folk just aren't around that much. I take it for granted. All that grass and such. No one really has a yard in the city and it isn't an overly kid friendly city (so the tour guide said - not my words!) He said "there are more dogs than kids in the city" But you can't believe everything those guys say. You can probably say that for every big city. Anyway, the park was pretty and if you had more time, definitely a cool place to go. I would've loved to stroll around the Japanese Tea Garden.
The Japanese tea garden and the top of other people's heads. You're welcome.
I spent all day on the buses. Went back over some places I had already been and just soaked it all in. The next afternoon my hubby was able to come with me and we got to do a walking tour together. I'll do a post on that tomorrow!
Sorry for the hiatus here! I was lucky enough to be able to tag along on a business trip that my husband took to San Francisco. It was a bucket list item for me to be on the west coast. To "touch" all the sides of the U.S. I've been to the east coast too many times to count and I've been to the Gulf of Mexico. So the west coast was the only one left! I guess I should the Canadian border is next. Yep. I'm a geek. What can I say.
I really enjoyed my time in San Francisco. I have tons of photos I want to share. I did survive with my broken wrist and my bumbling cast/arm splint and my knee brace which you can kinda see under my jeans in the photo up above. It was awkward at times on the plane and in tight places but all in all it was ok. I just knew I was going to take more time getting out of tight spots and no one yelled at me to hurry up so that was good! Ha!
We took some photos on our way to dinner Sunday night. It was so windy as was the whole trip. I would say that is my least favorite part about the city. The wind. But the Golden Gate Bridge made up for it!
Here's the wind!
So we went around the corner for better photos
And this little lady; my favorite part of San Francisco.
