We decided to pay the money on Friday to do a Hop on Hop Off Double Decker Bus Tour of San Francisco. It was an awesome idea. I plan on doing this in any city I am unfamiliar with. It was awesome. Anyway the day started with us admiring the sea lions off of the pier as Rob went to track down our tickets. Lots and lots of sea lions hanging out, pleasing the tourists.
After the tickets were sorted out we decided we needed some more food so we got some sourdough bread and pain au chocolats. Parfait. We made our way through fisherman's wharf and over to Ghiardelli square where we stocked up on snacks for the day.
Then we hopped on our hop off hop on bus and began the tour:
We got off at Union Square and made our way to H&M where the ladies shopped and the men waited outside:
From there we hopped back on and got off near Chinatown. We meandered through Chinatown where we enjoyed looking at the kitsch and the interesting food:
We veered off our Chinatown path and found ourselves in Little Italy just in time for lunch. We found a delicious meal at Trattoria Pinnochio. Best of all we had a waiter who insisted Tucker go on back to the kitchen to wash dishes:
After lunch we urban hiked up Lombard Street where we climbed the steps to the top. My quads were super sore the next day. If you lived in SF you would be in excellent shape. My poor gimpy Dad did it on crutches. The hills are a killer:
After this we decided to redo the entire bus loop without getting off and it was a great choice. We had a really fun tour guide on this loop and she even played her violin for us. She was pretty dang good. Bus tour guide is her day job, for sure:
San Franscisco bought all the old vintage street cars from all over (Milan, Brooklyn, LA, Chicago, were a few I saw) that run along the Embarcadaro. I loved them:
Lots of great architecture in SF:
Where we usually spend Spring Break:
The church where Joe DeMaggio and Marilyn Monroe had their wedding photos taken (it's a catholic church and because of divorce issues they weren't allowed to marry there. See what you learn on tours?):
We ended the day back where we started:
Clara had a glorious day and performed a dance to express the feelings that were spilling over, as usual:
Fantastic Day. I love SF!
5 comments:
Beautiful day! Lombard Street, Coit Tower, St. Peter & St. Paul's -- fun to see these sights again.
That turned out to be a fun way to see the city.
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I cannot handle the cuteness of the children. And I'm totally jealous. I don't think you are allowed to travel without me anymore.
HA! that last picture of Clara is the best!! :)
san fransisco is really fun. i love the pier! and sourdough bread! get in my belly, please. i have never done a bus tour, but it sounds like fun. putting that on the list for another time.
Good to know that bus tours are the way to go. And that picture of the kids in front of the colorful wall is so great.
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