My first couple of days in San Fran were spent recovering from the camping and having some quiet drinks with people from the tour. We spent a chilled final night together at blues club near fisherman's wharfI moved to a hostel the next morning and made friends almost straight away with a girl from New Zealand and 4 Dutchmen. They were touring California in a giant SUV for a couple of weeks and invited me to tag along while they drove the city. Props to Holland! Dutch Mike's driving is worth a comment – he drove the wrong way up a couple of one-way streets and then through 9 consecutive stop signs, without stopping once. He did stop at the 10th, but assured me it was just a coincidence.
My knee is on the mend, although it's still a little painful to bend or walk downhill. To loosen it up, I hired a bike for a leisurely 30km ride over the Golden Gate Bridge and around the bay to the pleasant seaside town Tiburon, before catching the ferry back. At one point I struggled up a very steep hill, into strong headwind, to a lookout over the worlds most famous bridge...
What a view! In spite of the limited visibility the bridge really was magnificent. Being able to ride over it was great.
If I had to describe San Fran in a word, it would probably be "foggy". If i had three "cold" and "windy" would also make the cut. The city seems to sits directly under a permanent raincloud. Just over the bridge is a completely different micro-climate with clear skies and warm weather. The next photo shows Sausalito to the left and San Francisco to the right.
After suffering through 2 weeks of camp slop, I made an effort to eat out in San Fran as much as possible. Every meal was fantastic with two Chinese meals probably the standouts. At first glance the food seemed cheap, but accounting for tax, tips and exchange rate it was comparable to Australia.
Next stop, Canada!
My knee is on the mend, although it's still a little painful to bend or walk downhill. To loosen it up, I hired a bike for a leisurely 30km ride over the Golden Gate Bridge and around the bay to the pleasant seaside town Tiburon, before catching the ferry back. At one point I struggled up a very steep hill, into strong headwind, to a lookout over the worlds most famous bridge...
What a view! In spite of the limited visibility the bridge really was magnificent. Being able to ride over it was great.
If I had to describe San Fran in a word, it would probably be "foggy". If i had three "cold" and "windy" would also make the cut. The city seems to sits directly under a permanent raincloud. Just over the bridge is a completely different micro-climate with clear skies and warm weather. The next photo shows Sausalito to the left and San Francisco to the right.
After suffering through 2 weeks of camp slop, I made an effort to eat out in San Fran as much as possible. Every meal was fantastic with two Chinese meals probably the standouts. At first glance the food seemed cheap, but accounting for tax, tips and exchange rate it was comparable to Australia.
I rounded out my week with an excellent tour of Alcatraz, some cable car rides, a trip to the "Full House" house, an evening at a microbrewery and a night at the hostel sampling some remarkably drinkable $2 bottles of wine.
Next stop, Canada!
5 comments:
You're in San Fran a bit early, although it was always a bit chilly there. Pity you never made it to Napa.
Hey Wes,
Nice pics.
You and CV were both bopping in my dream last night.
You picked flowers for me which I couldn't reach, while Ffish consoled my mother.
I wish you more scenic travels in the future.
I had a dream to, it Involved me winning you a WSOP seat in the Titan Titanium/Diamond free-roll that only about 100 people showed up to.
Sounds like you've been having a blast in the US, Adelaide is slightly less interesting with out 2 of my favorite misers around!
Err oops, last comment was by me :D
Hey Mike!
Thanks for the complement on my driving skills ;)
It's not me, it's the damn roadsigns! :P
We're got back in Holland today :( Hope you have a great time in Canada!
Greetings, Mike and the other Dutch heroes
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