Saturday, October 4, 2008

San Francisco - Day 1

What a fun day.
Today My brother Dan & I woke up early and drove up north to San Francisco for a weekend of sightseeing on Saturday and then on Sunday see the New England Patriots vs the San Francisco 49'ers football game. On the drive up north, we were both attacked by strange animals at a rest stop!










After surviving those encounters, we proceeded to make it to San Francisco without any further incidents. The hotel we are staying at in located in "Union Square" which after a short walk we discovered was just a large block with really nothing of any real importance in it whatsoever.

We walked through Chinatown, which was cool, and then decided to walk towards the Bay and check out the Fisherman's Wharf area.
On the way there, we sidetracked for an hour and visited Coit Tower, which gave us a great view of the San Francisco area.

I don't quite remember the historical significance of Coit Tower right now, but I do remember that it was donated to the city from a wealthy lady who wanted to preserve the surrounding area.



After Coit Tower, Dan & I made it down to the Fisherman's Wharf area and got a great view of the city behind us and Dan also got a picture of himself with Alcatraz Island in the background

After having a few beers in the Pier area we walked back to out hotel to rest our weary legs. An hour later around 10pm we walked out and went to Nob Hill and a few other ares around our hotel are. Close to midnight, we returned and decided to call it a night. Tomorrow is the game, and I will hopefully take some kick ass pictures to share as well.

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