For the long President's Day weekend, February 13-16 I went to San Fransisco to visit Dana, my friend from here in Tucson, who moved to Berkeley in December with her boyfriend, Henry.
It was great seeing Dana and catching up with her, and we did tons of stuff. On Valentine's Day, February 14th, we did tourist stuff in downtown San Fransisco. We started off at Fisherman's Wharf, where we got tasty heart-shaped sourdough rolls.
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| Alcatraz |
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| Golden Gate Bridge from underneath! |
We walked along the waterfront all the way to Fort Point, which is UNDER the Golden Gate Bridge. The walk was lovely, it was a beautiful day, sunny, not too hot or cold. Along the way, we stopped at the San Fransisco Maritime National Historic Park.
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| Captain Dana of the Balclutha! |
We got to board really cool old boats, and we chatted with some guys restoring an antique boat. We also stopped at the Palace of Fine Arts, and walked around the impressive outside greek-temple-esque structures which were built to celebrate the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915.
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| You can't even begin to tell how large and impressive the Palace of Fine Arts really is. |
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| Palace of Fine Arts |
Fort Point was really cool, too. It was built just before the Civil War, and was the only fortification on the West Coast. It never saw any action protecting America.
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| An artistic shot from Dana - The fort had passages leading around spiral staircases. |
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| Looking across the courtyard of Fort Point to the lighthouse and Golden Gate Bridge |
After that we walked up to the Golden Gate Bridge, and then went back to Dana's house in Berkley. From her balcony, there is an amazing panoramic view of the bay, the Golden Gate Bridge, and San Fransisco. And the sunset was absolutely beautiful.
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