Let's start at the beginning. On Tuesday I took myself down to Fisherman's Wharf and got on the ferry over to Alcatraz. It really is the most amazing place over there and the history is fascinating! Also because it is so isolated there is some amazing wildlife and nature in general, and, as I am sure you have all seen from the pictures, the views of San Francisco from there are incredible! It must have been seriously hard being a prisoner there knowing how near you were to civilisation but how completely impossible it was to get to it! After I had walked all around Alcatraz, I then took the ferry back to the wharf and walked up to the famous tourist hot-spot of Pier 39. It's really funny walking along the wharf because it goes from a fairly boring looking functional wharf to an absolute tourist Mecca in the shortest of distances. I had a lot of fun walking around the pier and once again marvelling at the stunning views of the bay. After a couple of hours I met up with Regan and we went to the Bubba Gump Shrimp Restaurant! Yes, for those of you who don't know they actually built a restaurant after the film and it is awesome! And while you are eating your meal the waiters quiz you on Forrest Gump trivia...I got all the questions right...yes yes, I am THAT much of a geek!
The weather on Wednesday was absolutely beautiful so I took the ferry over to Larkspur to meet Regan and after she went to what turned out to be a very short (and successful) job interview we drove to Stinson Beach and spent the day there walking along the beach and building the most awesome sandcastle, complete with bridge and moat and it's very own Alcatraz! After the beach we went to an awesome Mexican place for dinner and then I headed back to the city to recover from my hard day of construction!
Thursday was my first day all on my own and seeing as once again the weather was lovely I opted for an extended walk out of the centre of the city through Haight Street which was the centre of the summer of love and has some of the most incredible street art and graffiti I have ever seen! Once I had walked up Haight Street (and I emphasize the word UP!) I then headed towards Castro. I loved walking through an area that has so much political gay rights history and seeing the actual shop that housed Castro Cameras and the centre of Harvey Milk's work. The area itself was such a great place to just walk around. Everyone was so friendly and so excited and willing to share the history and significance of the area. I could have done without the random ginger naked man walking down the street wearing nothing but a pair of converse, a backpack and a baseball cap...and no one batted an eye-lid or said anything?! I still don't understand!! Once I got back to the centre of the city I walked to Union Square and sat in the beautiful sunshine for a couple of hours...this time to recover from my epic walk! I may have been shattered, but it was totally worth it!
Like I said I totally love San Francisco!! I am having the most amazing time and the weather is just perfect, I couldn't be happier right now!
Hope everyone else is as happy as I am!
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