San Francisco Experience

Finally, after more than a month of stay here, we were able to have a weekend for touring around San Francisco. If not for Reshpal (Abhishek's friend) visiting California, we might not have planned to go out yesterday. Thanks to Reshpal!!! :P

First destination of the day is the world famous Golden Gate. We crossed the bridge and parked at the other end of it. We walked on the bridge and oh my! it was so cold!!! The wind coming from the Pacific Ocean is really very cold! We also went to a nearby hill to take pictures of the entire bridge. Ganda ng view!

After that, we decided to go to Lombard Street for the world's crookedest street but it seems that we can't find it at first so we decided to proceed to Fisherman's Wharf. Looking for a free parking area in this side of San Francisco is very hard! It seems that most people here in California are there to have a close encounter with the Rock, no not the Batista the wrestler but the real ROCK, the Alcatraz Island. Sad to say, tickets for the cruise that includes docking at the island is already sold out. So we just bought the second best tour, the San Francisco Bay Cruise.

Arriving at the gate, the line is already long. We have to wait for several minutes before we were allowed to enter the vessel. One of the crews there took our group picture for the usual souvenir photo. The tour includes narrations regarding the place and it was very interesting! We went first to the Golden Gate Bridge, but this time from a different perspective coz we will be passing under the bridge. Then, we proceed with the cruise around the Alcatraz Island. Seeing several people touring on the island, we promised to ourselves that we will go back for the real Alcatraz adventure. Then, we passed by the Angel Island (but I wasn't able to distinguished it from the other islands hehehe). Next, the narrator asked us to view the San Francisco's skyline. The narrator said that it is the first thing that early travellers see after sailing the vast Pacific Ocean. He told us some of the famous landmarks there, the Transamerica Pyramid and Coit Tower (shaped like a fire-hose nozzle).

We then decided to proceed and find the Lombard Street's zigzag. Rhefee was able to ask a policeman for directions and at last we found it! :P The street is really crooked and small!!! There are lots of people taking pictures at the end of the street. We decided to try it and take the zigzag. The experience is really fun! It's like you're riding a roller coaster that is full of turns.

We tried to visit the wine city of Napa but we were not successful of finding free wine tasting. We just went around the city looking for a place have a free taste of wine. After several turns, we decided to just go back to Mountainview.

The experience in San Francisco is really enjoyable! But we still have to see a lot of interesting places there and as Douglas McArthur said "I shall return!".