San Francisco

We are now in San Francisco the last of our spots to visit. We are getting tired of travelling and are quite ready to come home. But San Francisco is quite a pleasant city to visit and a nice one to finish off our trip. I am quite amazed at the hills of this city and the way the homes are built on them. San Francisco is known for its clam chowder in a bread bowl of sourdough and hence, Rob and I tried some. We have noticed San Francisco has less franchised fast food outlets (like Macdonald's) and in one of the art galleries today, one of the workers said it is because they fight against such franchises which adds to the unique quality of this city. We went in the cable cars today which was quite fun as we stand on the outside of them as it goes up the steep hills. There was fog this morning and quite cold. The temperature was forecasted for 19 degrees which is pretty cool . This apparently is the average for the summer here. More like our winter!

One of the cable cars that we rode on.


On the left is a picture of the 'crookest street in the world' which is a road which zigzags down because of the steep incline of the hill. There is a nice view of the bay and the road is beautifully landscaped.