Thanksgiving day in San Francisco started with a lot of driving around in circles.
Market Street is a long street and though it's host to a lot of stores,
it's impossible to make a left turn anywhere along it
because there are one-way streets on every block.
We wanted to go a few blocks south but kept having to make right turns
until we could get to where we wanted to go.
Let's just say we saw a lot of the city trying to get to Safeway.
It was sort of a good thing because on one of our roundabouts we found
La Boulange, where we had Thanksgiving breakfast.
Oh, how I wish there was one close by.
{I have a thing about French bakeries, can you tell?}
After that delicious breakfast,
we found Safeway {Vons} and bought some picnic food for later.
We weren't about to hunt for an open restaurant during lunch or dinner
so we decided to picnic it for our Thanksgiving meals.
Then it was time to head to the coast.
We hadn't seen the Golden Gate Bridge yet,
so when we rounded the corner on the marina,
we got excited because there it was!
It finally sunk in that we were definitely in San Francisco.
We parked {for free!}
and made one stop before driving closer to the bridge.
Breathtaking architecture coupled with the sun shining on the lake and the...seagulls? wha...? Uh, yeah, seagulls...chirping, or whatever they do...it was an imposing sight to see.
A little intro by me. :)
{Dislaimer: I'm no actor, sorry.
I get tongue-tied and shy when the camera's aimed at me!
I'd much rather be the one on the other side of the camera.}
I'd much rather be the one on the other side of the camera.}
We then headed to Crissy Field and walked around for a bit,
watching families setting up BBQ's and playing with their dogs.
There was little wind, so it made for a perfect day for a picnic.
We wanted to get closer to the bridge so we drove to another part of the beach
where we walked up a flight of stairs and took a little hike up to a hill overlooking the bay.
We could have gotten closer but this was good enough.
We could have gotten closer but this was good enough.
After looking at the bridge,
we drove across it.
It was around 1 PM by then and we were getting hungry.
We ended up at Golden Gate Park and ate our Thanksgiving feast at one of the picnic tables.
Golden Gate Park is huge,
therefore we only saw about one tenth of it.
We saw the Conservatory of Flowers,
a nursery for all kinds of rare plants.
It was closed but there were some colorful flowers in the garden around it.
After we walked off our feast a bit,
we got back in the car and drove around the uncrowded city.
Seriously, Thanksgiving was the best day to see the sites--no traffic!
We stumbled upon Alamo Square,
where some of the opening credits of Full House were filmed.
We saw the famous painted ladies, the Seven Sisters.
the "crookedest street in the world."
I took video instead of pictures,
but I'm sure you can imagine how driving down a really windy road feels.
At least we can say we did it.
Coit Tower was our last stop before
going back to the hotel to watch movies on HBO the rest of the night.
That was the Castrejon's Thanksgiving Day in San Francisco!
Phew, that was a looong post, sorry! :)
2 comments:
Beautiful pictures!
You are QUITE the photographer! Looks like it was an amazing trip!
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