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San Francisco
Friday 9 April 2004
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| A few more pictures of sea lions...
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| ...as we start the morning on a Bay Cruise...
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| ...under the Golden Gate Bridge...
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| Trying out my "fish-eye" lens.
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 | San Francisco from the Bay.
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| Next stop, the Winchester Mystery House.
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 | Before the tour, we wandered through the gardens around the house.
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| What can I say? We like flowers.
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| Read the plaque. It's the history of the Winchester House.
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 | These stairs lead up to the ceiling.
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| In addition to building on the house, Mrs. Winchester collected ornate stained-glass.
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| Mrs. Winchester, in her old age, couldn't handle staircases that were steeper than 7 inches per step. This staircase doubles back on itself seven times to leave enough room for all of the steps.
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 | Not a great picture, but this window is in an interior hallway.
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| This window is in the back of a closet.
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 | This is the view from Mrs. Winchester's bedroom...
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| ...also the room where she was found after she died.
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 | Don't go out this door. There is no room behind it. Instead, you'll drop 8 feet into the kitchen.
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| Mrs. Winchester built elaborate fireplaces in many rooms of the house.
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| A closet built into the corner of a room.
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 | This window is in the floor.
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| Another fireplace built into a wall of shelves.
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| Detail of the border around one of the fireplaces.
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 | Three shots of a window frame, closer and closer.
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| This moon-shaped hedge held a mystical significance to Mrs. Winchester, but we aren't sure exactly what.
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 | This was our tour guide, standing in front of what looks like a cabinet. There's actually a large room on the other side of the door.
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 | She didn't only build inside the house. She built outside also.
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| A bush shaped like the number 13.
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