San Francisco Day 1

If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there

For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair

Wow. Day number 1 In San Francisco.

Really decided to come here because I wanted somewhere apart from Vegas and the flights to Vegas came through here. And I thought an opportunity to see Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge.

So today did a city tour. It was really hot- over 30 at one stage. All the guide books and websites tell you about the whole four seasons in a day thing and to always take a sweatshirt. Well apparently there's a heatwave this week which makes that advice null and void!

There is so much history here that I had forgotten I knew- mainly through the movies.

interesting earthquake history and the big one in 1905 that burnt a lot of the city down. Some amazing houses.

Saw the famous painted ladies houses- of Full House fame.

Went up Twin Peaks for gorgeous city views, unusually unmarred by fog. according to the tour guide.
Drove through the Castro district, of Harvey Milk fame

Saw millionaire district and some incredible views.

Saw Golden Gate Bridge from two different vantage points and drove over it.

Went out to Muir Woods. Bought a toy hummingbird. ( thanks to a game of cranium a few weeks ago where I stunned everyone else playing by never having heard of one so not correctly guessing the depiction of one!)

But more importantly Heard about the history of San Francisco and the people who have built it into the very accepting tolerant truly democratic place it is today!

San Francisco can start right now to become number one. We can set examples so that others will follow. We can start overnight. We don’t have to wait for budgets to be passed, surveys to be made, political wheelings and dealings…….for it takes no money……it takes no compromising to give the people their rights……it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression. (Harvey Milk)







(Better photos on my camera but will have to wait for those!)

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