My favorite part of hotels is the continental breakfast in the morning, especially if they have cereal. Unfortunately, this hotel doesn't have cereal, but that is OK. They have yummy danishes instead! We left out hotel this morning and walked back through Chinatown to the Transamerica Pyramid, which is the most famous building of the San Francisco skyline.
A bench in Chinatown area. Hear no evil, speak no evil, and see no evil!
Entrance to Chinatown.
Transamerica Pyramid.
Standing at its base, looking up.
From there we walked to Coit tower. We didn't go to the top, but from there are we got a better look at Lombart street. Actually, we ended up walking closer to the crookedest street where we got some very cool pictures.
Cars navigating the super cool street!
Deciding that we wanted to walk all the way across the bridge, we made the long walk past the wharfs and along the bay coast to the Golden Gate Bridge. We took our time and crossed the bridge. All the while, I was entranced by it.
The massive cables as they reach towards the sky.
Proof that I really was there!
Holding up the bridge!
Taken from the other side.
I know you aren't supposed to look down when you are up high, but I did. To be honest, it wasn't that bad. However, I do have some good advice when on the bridge, don't look up! I mean it! If you aren't holding onto something or leaning on something and look up you will get very dizzy. We made it all the was across and then walked back across it to get to the side we needed to be on. From there we made the long walk to Golden Gate Park. We were looking for a Japanese Tea Garden that was there. After walking ten blocks in the WRONG direction, going to a different part of the park, and finding a Chinese Pavilion that we thought was it, we finally found it. Looking in through the doors, the place was very impressive. Our next stop on the wonderful walking tour was City Hall. We found that without a problem! :D
City hall!
We were now relatively close to our hotel and since Nathan needed to charge his camera battery, we headed there. A little over and hour later we set back out on the city. We were both very excited to see it at night. The bad news was that it was foggy, so we couldn't make out the bridge or the skyline. Nathan did get an alright picture of Alcatraz with sunset colors in the background.
The rock.
Saddened, we were going to call it a night. However, there was one thing still to do on our list--take one of the famous cable cars that run through the city.
We just got off of it and Nathan snapped this pick.
(earlier in the day) A ghost of a cable car!
I was really looking forward to this. Not only for the experience, but also because I didn't feel like walking back up to our hotel! The ride was awesome. It sure is a fun way to travel through the city. When we got near our hotel, we got off and returned to our room.
End day 21.
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