San Francisco in a Day

In San Francisco, we stayed at the Adante Hotel located on Geary St., walking distance from Union Square. Although the hotel was modest, the central location more than made up for it. And for about USD70 per night, including taxes (which was more than 10%), it was well worth it. An added plus would be the Filipino front-desk personnel Leo, who was so helpful. We felt right at home. Special thanks to my friend JDV who made this hotel booking possible.

We only had two nights in San Francisco and really just one full day, so we planned that day well. Leo offered us a city tour package that cost around USD40 each.

On the Tour Bus, everyone stayed on the upper deck, except E and me. We had the lower deck all to ourselves, and so it felt like we had our own limo service, hahaha!


The Tour Bus basically went around the city so we saw Lombard Street, or the world's crookedest street... but our tour guide said that it's not Lombard anymore, it's Wall Street !:-D We also saw the financial district, City Hall, Castro Street (and all the rainbow flags hanging on residential and commercial buildings),Chinatown and Little Italy.

Our first major stop was at the Mission Dolores, the oldest structure in the city.

Second stop was on Twin Peaks, supposedly the highest point of the city, and the view was breathtaking!


Golden Gate Park was next, where we saw the Japanese Garden where some parts of "Memoirs of a Geisha" were shot.



And then of course, the highlight of the tour was to cross the Golden Gate Bridge and take pictures!


After the tour, we had a few hours before we were to meet my good friend and high school barkada LCN and her family . We had lunch first at Jack in the Box because we saw one near Union Square, and they had this steak and rice dish. We were so hungry after the tour, and it was way past lunch time. After that E and I went on our separate ways. I went to Victoria's Secret where I saw pajamas on 75% off. Got two worth USD7 each! Here's a picture of E at Union Square.



LCN and family picked us up at the hotel and brought us to the Cable Car Museum first before taking us on a ride at a Cable Car! LCN's kids are soooo cute!


We rode the Cable Car to Fisherman's Wharf where we had a Clam Chowder snack!

All of those in one day! We had such a full and fun day.:-)