So we left Victoria on Thursday 25th November (Thanksgiving in USA) and got two ferries to Seattle. We saw the Space Needle...
The next day at Pike Place fish market it was so cold we were glad to head south on our flight to San fran :)
"Its soooo cold Dave!"
However, we arrived on Thanksgiving and the only place open in the place we arrived was a Mexican bar - but the locals embraced us!
Sightseeing took us to the 'Painted Ladies' houses, where Mrs Doubtfire was filmed....
The beach by Golden Gate Bridge......
With a great view of Alcatraz.....
All in the delightful company of Dave's friend Leon and his lovely wife, Taryn who we stayed with.
We walked out onto the bridge and back again....
Then went to the west side of the city to see some old ruined baths (from the 1920s not Roman!!) and watched this beautiful sunset...
The next day we went to Chinatown and did some tea tasting and went into a market with all manner of weird animals on sale, including live toads and turtles (no photos don't worry)...
....and Coit Tower - a tower built just for beauty lke lots of things in san Fran...
Creative homeless gimicks are common as there are lots of travellers and homeless people
We had some freshly caught crab at Fisherman's Wharf
And on our last day we hung out on Haight-Ashbury the scene of the 'Summer of Love' in the 60's and you can still smell it in the air, or is that the cannabis?....
...and drove down Lombard street the windiest street in the world.
Phew! The next installment is on its way.......don't want to rub in the California loveliness too much given the snow in UK!!
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