With
Eric sick, Samuel and I ventured out without him to see some key sites of San Francisco.
Samuel was pleased we’d be trying out multiple forms of public transport. We
started by commuting from Oakland to the centre of San Fran on the BART. A
light rail system with seats which look like they are from a sixties car.
Samuel enjoyed the fact it went underground, but I was disappointed since I
wanted to go over the water on a bridge.
Next we took a bus to the Golden Gate Bridge. Samuel is very good at navigating these forms of transport. Mummy is not as good at it as daddy and Samuel and we ended up taking two buses but not following the ideal routes Samuel had drawn on the map prior to leaving the hotel. Turns out this traditional method is better than my google maps automatic method which had us travelling on a bus which did not exist. The two buses we took gave us experience on a cable car bus and a more traditional bus.
I found the Golden Gate Bridge exciting. It is as beautiful as the pictures I’ve seen, majestic. It is very large and that is not something the pictures really show, being there in person is educational. We also saw Alcatraz Island from some way off.
The morning was spent doing what mummy wanted so the next site was the ‘crookedest street in the world’ - Lombard Street. It is a great example of steep streets!
Then we took a cable car back into town, the final type of transport for Samuel. It was fun travelling those steep streets, feeling a bit like a roller coaster to mummy at times.
Finally, we had a Ben and Jerry’s ice cream each! Yum.
Samuel said he enjoyed the time with just mummy and had a great day. This was nice to hear.
My observations of San Francisco are that it is a complete contrast to Houston, it has character, fun, culture, shops on every corner, people: people everywhere. It gives me the sense that I might make a find on every street: a beautiful building, a unique shop, a beefeater bellboy hotel, yummy food, a nice dress, a person full of life who is willing to help you find your way (we met a number of these). And it feels like you could continue to find new exciting things each time you venture out. Of course there are a lot of homeless people who are quite obvious, however it seems like a city, somewhere people really live, feel, celebrate and enjoy.
Next we took a bus to the Golden Gate Bridge. Samuel is very good at navigating these forms of transport. Mummy is not as good at it as daddy and Samuel and we ended up taking two buses but not following the ideal routes Samuel had drawn on the map prior to leaving the hotel. Turns out this traditional method is better than my google maps automatic method which had us travelling on a bus which did not exist. The two buses we took gave us experience on a cable car bus and a more traditional bus.
I found the Golden Gate Bridge exciting. It is as beautiful as the pictures I’ve seen, majestic. It is very large and that is not something the pictures really show, being there in person is educational. We also saw Alcatraz Island from some way off.
The morning was spent doing what mummy wanted so the next site was the ‘crookedest street in the world’ - Lombard Street. It is a great example of steep streets!
Then we took a cable car back into town, the final type of transport for Samuel. It was fun travelling those steep streets, feeling a bit like a roller coaster to mummy at times.
Finally, we had a Ben and Jerry’s ice cream each! Yum.
Samuel said he enjoyed the time with just mummy and had a great day. This was nice to hear.
My observations of San Francisco are that it is a complete contrast to Houston, it has character, fun, culture, shops on every corner, people: people everywhere. It gives me the sense that I might make a find on every street: a beautiful building, a unique shop, a beefeater bellboy hotel, yummy food, a nice dress, a person full of life who is willing to help you find your way (we met a number of these). And it feels like you could continue to find new exciting things each time you venture out. Of course there are a lot of homeless people who are quite obvious, however it seems like a city, somewhere people really live, feel, celebrate and enjoy.
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