We arrived into San Francisco mid morning then we had to do the whole face to face with the US immigration officials because we had been into Canada. That took up a couple of hours but thankfully we were out just in time to be picked up for our afternoon tour around the highlights of San Fran.
We had a 4 hour private city tour organised for a group of us off the ship. Our guide was there to meet us on time and we set out to see all the usual tourist stops that you must see when in San Fran.
Our tour ended around 4.30pm which gave us just enough time to go back to our cabin, freshen up and get our warm coats to head to a night game of baseball. A group of 8 of us booked seats to the game before we left Aus. The game was in Oakland which was a train ride away on the other side of the harbour and took us about an hour to get there as we were travelling in peak time. The teams playing were the Oakland Athletics who were near the bottom of the table and the Baltimore Orioles who could have been leading the competition. The game was exciting with a number of home runs hit and the local team winning.
We had a long and tiring day for our first day in San Francisco. A lot of territory was covered but we sure made the most of every minute of our first day on land! Tomorrow we are heading over to Sausalito for a walk around and then lunch overlooking the bay.
Quick Facts:
Population: 837,442
Climate: Mediterranean - mild wet winters with cool dry summers
Language: English
Currency: US Dollars (USD)
Arriving into San Francisco
Cable car
Lombard Street ( the crookedest street in the world!)
Street art
Civic Centre
Iconic terrace houses
The view over San Francisco from Twin Peaks lookout
Golden Gate Park
a local delicacy - ice-cream between chocolate coated biscuits
Haight Street
Golden Gate Bridge
The Presidio
The trolley buses - $1 for seniors!
The baseball ground at Oakland
Peter's new friends
The gang all seated ready for the match
My seat was directly behind the guy in the checked shirt! Luckily there were plenty of spare seats so I sat across the aisle
The ground The final score board
The view of the Bay Bridge at night when we finally got back to the ship
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