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We began our long hike along the Embarcadero dodging all sorts of motorized devises

This is the Oakland Bay Bridge

Lots of art work throughout the city Claes Oldenburg

interesting fruit in Chinatown

Sea Lions Naomi has numerous videos of them fighting for a platform even though there are plenty of platforms for them all

top of Russian Hil

Crooked Lombard Street

View from Ina Coolbrith Park Telegraph Hill

Chinatown

lots of murals

For some reason Chinatown houses numerous Italian glass shops or is it Chinese knock-offs

The Gate

on our aborted cable car ride. We were about a third of the way through and the whole system lost power which they said NEVER happened before Unlucky us! We missed going down Russian Hill to the water which is always a thrill. Our tickets were good for buses. NOT THE SAME I could see that the system was up and running 

an hour later and probably could have made them honor our pricy tickets

Much much later. View from our window during dinner at Miramar. A clear night for a change. Naomi hardly ate any dinner as she kept running out to observe the sunset

more public art

and more

At first I though he was making noodles but no, Dragon's beard candy, in Chinatown

if birds could read  

Alcatraz in background

On one of the numerous piers. We got an order of beignets. Very tasty but messy to eat on the winy pier with clouds of powdered sugar everywhere. Still a nice backdrop  Perfectly clear day

We didn't mean to go to Redwood City, which was about 6 miles south where we agreed to meet my brother. Lesson learned: not all Caltran trains are the same.  Someone on the spectrum must have come up with their catchy slogan. Best weather apparently in the US. Not too hot, always sunny, no storms...

We got up early to catch a ride with my brother across the mountain pass from the oceanside to the bayside where he works. A commuter train goes up and down the bay depositing the many workers at the southern border of San Francisco. Aside from a car for bicycles, there was a bin for power skateboards, scooters, gyroballs which are much lighter. We walked for about two miles dodging these devices are the young working people commuted to their jobs along the water. We stopped at the Ferry building. Before all the bridge building, ferries were the only way to connect to the East Bay and parts north though there are still plenty of commuter ferries going to and fro. The building is full of food courts We settled on empanadas and fancy New Orleans coffee.We then walked inland to catch a cable car watching it being manually turned around. So far, all that Naomi saw of San Francisco were the flat parts but the cable ride should go down Telegraph Hill. Alas not on that day due to a system failure. The bus put us down at water next to Ghirardelli Square. Once one has had chocolate in Bruges, nothing will ever compare. After our beignet stop, onto the sea lions who were putting on quite a show. It must be the beginning of mating season so the bulls were fighting. So funny to watch. We climbed UP Russian Hill. So so steep. Glad my cold was mostly gone and that it was cool. We walked down Lombard Street, the most crooked street in the US with all the other tourists and then Up another hill to Coolbrith Park which gives good views then down to Chinatown where we ate at a good bakery Fancy Wheatland with pork a, onion and coconut buns and milk tea.

Lots and lots of walking.

At Happy Hour, we stopped at a bar on the water (more sea lions) alas no happy hour prices as it was baseball game day. Nice scenry. Got on the wrong train to meet my brother but we eventually got back and then a beautiful sunset dinner on the water.