Day 2 - Wednesday, July 14

We spent today walking around the northern end of San Francisco, including Pier 39, Fisherman's Wharf, Giradelli Square, Chinatown, the Italian section and some very posh neighborhood's overlooking the bay. We were on our feet for the entire day and it was a heck-of-a workout.

The Bay Bridge connects San Fran to Oakland, you can see it in the background here:



We climbed to the top of Coit Tower, which is in the northeast part of the city - here's the view from the top (the 3rd pic is Alcatraz island):









Outside Coit Tower:





The Golden Gate Bridge from Pier 39 (and Leah getting a sunburn on her face):





Michelle's thinking about swimming to Alcatraz:



Seals at Pier 39:



Relaxing in Giradelli Square:







Lombart Street claims to be the "crookedest street in the world", we believe it:



A beautiful day in sunny San Francisco:





Finally, back at our pseudo-home, the Mark Hopkins: