The last two weeks have been a whirlwind! My boyfriend came into town for a week and we both went up to San Francisco for the first time. About a 7 hour drive from Orange County, at least there were some things to look at along the way.
We drove over the Bay Bridge to get into San Francisco proper.
We drove up and spent 3 days and 3 nights in a hotel on Lombard Street.
We got Irish Coffees at the Buena Vista once we checked into our hotel. The Buena Vista is where the Irish Coffee got it's start in the US.
The next morning we headed over to Fisherman's Wharf, not a lot of fishermen but there was a lot of things to do!
There was a WWII battleship docked at one of the pier that we ventured around for a while. The SS Jeremiah O'Brien still works to this day. They were starting her up for a cruise the next day.
We ate lunch at the Boudin Bakery. Fresh sourdough, there is nothing like it!
Pier 39, pure tourist trap! Yuck!
After the wharf we headed over to the Golden Gate Bridge. After walking for about an hour we had made it down and back. What a windy walk! Our hair proves how much wind there was.
The next day proved to be a good one. The sun came out in San Fran. Of course this was the day where we were planning to be outside more! Our first stop of the day was at The Palace of the Arts. What an amazing building.
The off to the Walt Disney family museum. Too bad pictures were not allowed in there, otherwise I would have been in there for 6 hours instead of 3.
After learning more about Walt Disney we drove over to the Golden Gate park. It was the weekend so we had to park in the parking garage. Three hours, $16. Ouch! Our first stop there was the Japanese Tour Garden. The tea house was great, but loud, I bet a winter day when kids are in school would be fantastic there!
Our final stop for the day was the California Academy of Science. A planetarium, rainforest, living roof, and aquarium all in one stop. There was a lot to see and do!
After the park we made one more stop along the ocean and walked all of the Embarcado. Not much but resturants along the way but we did take the historic F-line back to the Warf.
Our final morning the sun was out again and we started our drive. One more stop at the Golden Gate park to try and visit the Conservatory of Flower, which was closed on Mondays (boo!). We also found a Rose Garden and a mini redwood forest.
On our way back to Orange County we took the Pacific Coast Highway down. Along the way we found a lighthouse and had to stop to take more pictures and to stretch our legs!
Our next stop was Monterey Bay and we visited at the Aquarium there. The best aquarium I have ever been to for sure!
After and amazing couple of days we stopped one more time along the coast to take another windy day picture.
What an amazing trip. We did probably a week full of stuff only in 4 days. I'm still exhausted just thinking about it!
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