These are the seal lions that bark like dogs thinking that everyone is paying attention to them... and quite frankly, everyone is paying attention to them, for some odd reason. but they really are cool things to watch in the water.
This is Pier 39! this is where i spent most of the day. There are many piers all along the San Francisco Bay. About 60 i think. This Pier is located in the heart of Fishersmans Wharf, which is, as you can guess, fishermans alley. But it is very touristy and very busy too!
In Pier 39 there are many things to do, many shops to explore and much food to try! One o the things i did was go into the Aquarium Bay! it's an aquarium that is attached to the San Fran Bay and they have big fish, small fish, octapie, sharks, weird coral things, jelly fish, ells... all sorts of stuff. It was really quite amazing too!
These are the cool jelly fish things. i couldn't get over how big they actually were... an there were some baby ones that were no bigger than my pinky fingernail!
this is a fun little map that helps me find everything. if you can see the green box that i have traced with blue pen sort of in the mid lower left hand side... if you follow that across, over the center of the page and then up about four blocks, that's where i'm staying. and i walked from there to he top of the page... which is Fishermans Wharf and all the Piers. The green box that i did trace is where postcard Row is. that is that famous spot of the houses that is commonly seen in Full House. it's called Alamzo (i think) Park. I'm going there tomorrow afternoon i think.
This i me and the bridge!!! WOOP WOOP!! i took a fun boat ride tour right under the bridge and all around Alcataz! it was unbelievable! Apparently they only get about 10 clear perfect days like they had today ALL summer! usually from this spot, the fog would just be clearing and you might be able to see a bit of the bridge! Did you know that more water flows under the Golden Gate Bridge in a day than the amount of water that is in the Mississippi River!?!?! that's what i learnt today!
ALCATRAZ! the water tower on top there was used for water... they apparently tried to drill for years for clean water but only ever got salt water. THe prisoners that stayed on Alcatraz that had Kids would be able to keep their kids with them and the kids would be able to go to school too.... by boat they would travel to the main land and learn and be educated.the building on the right of the pic, was used as a work building making rugs and shirts and things like that that kept the prisioners working and earning a bit of money. the big smoke stack is attached to the bakery... aroudn the side are older buildings that have lost most of their structure... those are the buildings that the guards and their families lived in.
San Francisco Skyline.
This boat ... Called the "JEREMIAH" was used to film most of the above deck and underdeck shots in the movie TITANIC! ... i thought that was cool!
This was my lunch. i couldn't go to fishermans wharf without eating any fish... so this is deepfried shrimp and chips. it was okay. everything else looked to lifelike for me to eat.
This was on my walk TO fishermans Wharf... remember, evrything is in reverse order. This picture is of the "most curviest road in the world" you are probably wondering what i'm talking about becaus eyou see that straight path on the side there... but this road is lined with hedges, and it is just a one way road, going down... it was a beautiful sight... the cable cars drive right by here too and it is a famous spot for sighting famous people apparently ... but i didn't see any.
this is me and the curviest road.
the not so curviest road. but a very steep hilly road. i was soooooooo entrely sore from walking back up these hills... i still am sore. but it was beautiful and completely worth it.
this picture is out of order. sorry. this is back on the boat ride tour... these on the old army barricks that the big huge war ships would dock at and unload people or pick up people... a lot of slave trade happened here too apparently.
one of my favorite pics yet. I still can't get over how clear the weather was today! a picture like this is rare apparently because there are never clear enough days to capture the bridge in it's entirity.op. well, it looks like that is all the pictures i have downloaded... although i have taken close to 800 pictures now!! there's something about capturing the moment and being able to remember everything when looking at a photo. i love it!
well, it is almost 8pm and my feet are about to fall off... i'm going to head down to the kitchen and make myself some kraft dinner. i love this hostel life style. it's like there are 50 people living in one big house. and it's a very multicultural house. flags everywhere, different languages being spoken around every corner... my roommates are from Finland, Korea, and England. anwyays...
that's all for now.
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i have some of the exact same pictures of san fran... crazy to see your experience and remember my own! i loved that city, so i'm glad to hear you're enjoying it :)
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