It's already the last day in San Francisco. The plan today was to start at Twin Peaks (SHE'S DEAD. WRAPPED IN PLASTIC!) and then walk down to Golden Gate Park but due to the amount of walking required (and after just two days walking is the last thing I want to do) we'll just start at one end of GGP instead. This wasn't a bad idea, as the ride on the MUNI from downtown to the Pacific Ocean provides a bit of a tour of the suburbs of SF.
GGP is quite large and has many different areas. I encountered just a few of them, such as:
- One of two windmills, although it wasn't moving
- Bison field, except there were no bison's to be seen
- Japanese and botanical gardens
- Kezar Stadium (it used to seat 60,000 for the Raiders and 49ers, currently it seats less than 10,000)
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| The Pacific. |
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| No bison. |
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| Paddle boats! |
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| Entrance to the Japanese gardens. |
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| Botanical gardens. Not as good as Melbourne. |
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| The MUNI light rail. |
This took up a fair while, leaving just a few hours for a final visit to downtown SF. Managed to locate a Westfield shopping centre in downtown, which was a little surprising as the downtown areas in the major cities don't seem to have many centres, preferring standalone stores and shopping strips. I also tried to find the small Japan Town area of SF (not nearly as big as the China Town district) but ran out of time.
So that was it for San Francisco. I got to do all of the things I really wanted to, but if I had longer to spend there I would have done the follow things:
- Head south down to San Jose
- Head across the bay to Oakland (and see a Raiders game!)
- Twin Peaks
- Muir Woods (past Golden Gate Bridge)
- Cable Cars
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