Tuesday, June 11, 2024

{Road Trip} Day Six - San Francisco, What a Treat!

This morning, we took the Bay Bridge and headed in to San Francisco... 


I was immediately reminded of my first time in the city. I went with a couple of friends, and we stayed aross the bay in Alameda, at a Bed and Breakfast owned by friends of my parents. Only one of us was 25 (and able to rent a car), and I was so glad it wasn't me! My friend, B, had to drive us in and out over the Bay Bridge each day! Fast forward to today, and I did it for the first time at 49! You better believe I had Hubby videoing it to send to my friend, B!

While I have visted the city a couple of times before, most recently for a conference back in 2012, I was excited to get to show just a bit of the city to Hubby and the kids. We started off with a couple of things the kids wanted to do (and that I had never done before). We made our first stop at Alamo Square Park...


to see the famous view of the city's Painted Ladies...


This view has been used in various media, but is most recognizable to my children and me from the opening credits of both Full House and Fuller House...


We quickly realized that we couldn't see the actual Full House house from there, so we made our way over to it...


as well as the house from the movie, Mrs. Doubtfire...


From there, we headed over toward the famous Golden Gate Bridge...


and crossed it...


where we continued over to a beautiful overlook...


that got more and more beautiful the further we drove on it!


After crossing back over...

{...and, how about this google map of the bridge???}

we enjoyed lunch at Sears Fine Food...


got to see a cable car pass by...


and enjoyed walking through part of Chinatown...


on the way back to our car...


We drove down the famous Lombard Street...


also one of the most beautiful, in my opinion...


and drove by the Plaza Hotel where Preisdent Warren G. Harding passed away...


before heading into the Silicon Valley...

{again, the google maps were quite stellar here, understandably}

and swung by the home of the San Francisco 49ers...


before continuing south to Carmel-by-the-Sea for a delicious dinner at Cultura...


The churros game was STRONG!


More California tomorrow...

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