I left my heart in
San Francisco
When I first visited Sydney in 1976/77 my memory of my first visit to San Francisco was still relatively fresh, and I then was not sure any longer which of the two places I liked better. Having re-visited Sydney nu merous times since, and having come back to San Francisco for the first time since 1970, I would not want to offend anyone with MY opinion as of the time of publishing this page.
Here goes my San Francisco report with lots of random photos as usual. Let's start with her bridges:
1. Golden Gate Bridge, most photographed bridge in the world (so the city tour bus driver claims)
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My best two shots, I think, taken from the boat during a harbour cruise |
2. The Bay Bridge
(San Francisco Oakland Bridge)
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Approach from Oakland |
Oakland part of the bridge |
Passing through the Yerba Buena tunnel |
San Francisco part of the bridge |
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And here the whole bridge, put together from two individual photos
3. Richmond San Rafael Bridge (not photographed)
4. San Mateo Bridge (not photographed, the one we used to get to our Rotary make-up)
5. Plus a few more in the greater Bay Area
The "CROOKEDEST STREET", a MUST for everyone and, of course, and we were no exception
Photos simply cannot show (at least mine can't - VBG -) how steep the inclines of some of the San Francisco streets are. Steep enough for Melly to say she would never dare to drive in this city
Some more photographic impressions:
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Former prison island of ALCATRAZ, |
no longer a penitentiary these days, |
accommodated none other than |
the famous Al Capone at one point in time |
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Street damage on the St. Andreas Fault line. One day Los Angeles may pass by San Francisco on it's way north! |
Pier 39 at Fisherman's Wharf with - if I'm not mistaken - Russian Hill in the background |
Life at Fisherman's Wharf on a Sunday afternoon |
"Punks" at Fisherman's Wharf having their photos taken for money |
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Mission House, the oldest house in San Francisco - if I got the tour guide right |
Golden Gate Park, a large park measuring 2 x 1/2 miles in a city measuring 7 x 7 miles |
The skyline of downtown San Francisco |
once again from a different angle |
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A snack in Sausalito, a lovely "in" suburb north of the Golden Gate |
The view from the deck of the "Horizon" restaurant onto the Bay |
Another view of Sausalito buildings on the slopes |
This gives the impression as though the photographer got no snack. Not to worry, he DID! |
Bonnie Best had told us already about a phenomenon in the Bay Area, that temperatures can change by several degrees from town to town, only a few miles apart. We lived through more than that when going on a roundtrip from Sau salito via the Muir Woods and Mt. Tamalpais back to Fairfax, San Rafael, Richmond and back to our San Francisco airport hotel, experiencing temperatures ranging from 55F (13C) to 83F (28C).
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The "temperature route". 83F/28C in Fairfax …..
…. and 55F/13C in the foggy mountains
This, my dear ROTIans concludes my travel reporting, but I reserve the right to still confront you with a few shots here and there of my future place of residence (ba ck to my birth place) of Hamburg, Germany.
Ciao for now and
Have a great Rotary day - wherever you are - whatever your weather or time!
"Razor" aka Peter D. Wulff, (PP) (PHF)
AT PRESENT IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA
Click on the map for Razor's tour of the Bay Area
Map from "Postcard from the Edge" - http://www.aw.sgl.com
