San Francisco

Hands down, one of the most beautiful cities I’ve visited!  It’s pretty much knocked Chicago off the top spot of “must move to cities”!  It’s such a bright and airy place, it puts Atlanta in the shade.  The people are so friendly - the only ones who had anything bad to say were the tourists, on whom the concept of forming an orderly line was completely lost. 

I met The Parental Units & Big Sis at Atlanta airport Saturday morning - the first leg of their trip having gone smoothly.  After checking into the hotel, it was time to explore the city.  I’ve never claimed to be in shape, I don’t work out (except to walk Wonderpooch); when Big Sis said we’d walk up the street a bit, I looked ahead and I swear I heard my lungs screaming in protest.  I’d heard San Francisco was “a bit hilly” but Oh Sweet Mother of Jesus!  Somehow I made it to Fisherman’s Wharf - with a few stops along to way to see if anyone was showing the football game on Sunday (that would be a no!). 

The next few days were “easier”, in so far as we opted for public transport as much as possible - the cable cars are so much fun! We did it all - well they did it all, I didn’t walk across the Golden Gate Bridge.  But I did make it to Alcatraz, and took a ferry across the bay, and went to Coit Tower, and popped into Chinatown, and just had an amazing time! 

I fell in love with San Francisco and I hope to make it back again!