Sf day 2
Stuck somewhere between utterly tired & what I hope isn’t a second wind, so I thought I’d whip up a post in the iPod.
We decided to take a city tour to orient ourselves. When our first choice of an early tour didn’t pan out, we opted for the 11:45 leaving from the ferry building. I had checked out the ferry building online previously, & saw they had a farmers market on Sat, so we decided to head over around 9 to check it out before the tour started. On our way out of the Muni, we started to see people setting up tents & stalls. It was the beginning of the arts and crafts fair, and we had some luck finding a really unique, handcrafted bear. Then we walked across the street to the farmer’s market proper. Man, if I lived here I’d be at that market every weekend. Such awesome looking (and tasting) food. They had a ton of samples everywhere. We broke down and got a few things that would keep for the trip.
Also, after much discussion by my friends in the uk about getting satsumas in their stockings, I had finally admitted I had never seen one. I thought maybe they were called something different in the US, but couldn’t come up with anything. Well walking through the farmers market, what should I see? You guessed it, satsumas! I don’t know if it’s a matter of climate or if they don’t transport well, but I’ve never seen them in new England. Ferry building: yummy & educational!
Then we picked up the tour & headed off. First a ferry to Sansolito, then we took the Golden Gate Bridge back into town. We took a few pictures there and then it was back on the bus to head to the palace of fine art & then we wound our way through the Presidio to Golden Gate Park. After seeing it, I can’t wait to come back to the Academy of Sciences, the de Young museum, the japenese tea gardens & maybe the conservatory of flowers tomorrow. Onwards we went, stopping in a gorgeous old Victorian & then finished with 2 short walks, down Lombard St then Chinatown.
It was a lot for one day, and I think some of it washed over me by the end, but I can’t wait to go back to the high points over the next few days!
