San Francisco

Thursday 8 April 2004

 
 
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Assorted views from a bus tour of San Francisco
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California Street
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New state building offices
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Levi Strauss and Co building
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(I saw it too late to get a good shot)
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Mission Delores aka Mission San Francisco de Asis, the oldest standing building...
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in San Francisco. Built by the Spanish in 1776.
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A cool winding staircase and chandelier. We later found out that neither one is original.
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The main chapel of the Mission.
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The altar.
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A diorama showing the original Mission.
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Stained-glass windows in the Basilica.
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A mural showing ... stuff. With closeups.
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Some flowers on the grounds of the mission.
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El Camino Real (The Royal Road) was an early road that lead from mission to mission. Each mission was one day's journey (on foot) from the next along El Camino Real.
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A view from the top of Twin Peaks. Unfortunately, it was much too foggy to get a good view. There's a better picture here
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The Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park
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This bush looked very lonely, all by itself with just one flower.
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Michelle standing in front of a Japanese pogoda.
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Eric and Michelle, same pogoda.
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Swan statue.
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Stream, waterfall, pogoda.
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"Portal to the Past." The front porch of a building that was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake/fire.
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Buffalo.
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Windmill.
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Queen Wilhemina Garden
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Pacific Ocean
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"Seal Rock". The sea lions that now live in Pier 39 used to live here.
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The Cliff House.
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The Cliff.
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Next stop, Golden Gate Bridge.
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This is the view from the south (San Francisco) side.
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The fog joined us there.
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Again, my non-foggy pictures from April 2000 are here
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Fort Baker, at the north side of the Bridge.
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Coit Tower. A monument to firefighters built by Lillian Hitchcock Coit, who was really into firefighters.
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Next, boat ride to Alcatraz
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Coit Tower (far left) and TransAmerica Tower (center). The fog cleared out, so we got some more city skyline shots.
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Golden Gate Bridge, from the boat ride to Alcatraz
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More city shots.
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Alcatraz Island.
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Alas, they let her out.
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A row of cells, through my new wide-angle lens.
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A diorama of the original buildings on Alcatraz Island.
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A brief story about a day when six inmates took control of the prison.
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A fuzzy story about the only almost-successful escape from Alcatraz. They were never seen again.
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View from dinner at Fisherman's Wharf.
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Most of the lights in this picture are actually across the street, reflected in the restaurant window. It's still a neat picture, though.
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