Thursday, August 04, 2011

San Francisco Day 1

Last summer, Todd and I started talking about taking a trip to San Francisco this summer to celebrate our 10th anniversary. We talked about it, planned it out, and saved for it all year. We were SO excited to go. Gran and Grandpa kept the boys all week for us, and we are so very appreciative and thankful!

We arrived at SFO on Monday around noon. So happy to be in 60 degree weather!!! We took the BART (subway) from the airport to our hotel (Holiday Inn) in downtown San Francisco. We looked at lots of different hotels all over the city, but in the end we decided to do this one b/c it was close to the BART and lots of other forms of transportation, we had points to pay for it, and I just like the Holiday Inn. Not too cheap....not too fancy!

Here is the view from our room:


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As soon as we got there, we grabbed a quick lunch by the hotel and then jumped on a bus headed for Golden Gate Park. I had studied up on public transportation, and we used a bus pass and Hopstop on my phone to navigate all over San Francisco.


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Top of the bandstand:

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At 4:00 that afternoon, we took a Segway tour through Golden Gate Park. This was a wonderful way to start our trip! There is SO much history and so much to see in the park, and this was a great way to get around. There was a leader and six people in our group, and we wore earpieces so we could hear the leader tell about the park and give us instructions. I couldn't take pictures and drive the Segway at the same time, which was kind of nice, actually. This was definitely a highlight of our trip!!!


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After our tour, we walked to 9th and Irving in The Inner Sunset and had a delicious dinner at Park Chow.


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