alcatraz

Richie at Alcatraz

Alcatraz IslandSFPD on Lombard St

Lombard Street

San Francisco Street Car

Today we got up nice and early and then went to have breakfast at the hostel. There was so many different types of bread for breakie it was not funny. After breakie we caught the "F" line street car to Pier 33 and bought tickets to Alcatraz. You have to catch a ferry out to the Island and it takes only about 15 minutes to get there. Once on the Island you basically get to go to all the different points of interest at your own pace. You get to have an audio mp3 player which gives you a story of what it would be like to live as an inmate. There is so much more on the island than just the penitentiary. We ended up spending about 4 hours on the island.

Once back on the main land we had lunch at Pier 39 in the Wipe Out Cafe. Burgers for lunch with chips, ketchup and mustard.........now that's American. Once we had lunch we walked along the piers and made our way up the hills from the water to Lombard Street. The street is famous in movie car chases and you can see why once you get there. There was a lot of cars going down the street just because they can! The houses along the street were very cool too, all nice gardens and hedges and stuff. Also got the picture of the SFPD member and patrol car (cruiser) doing a lap as well.

After Lombard Street we decided to get the "F" line and catch the Cincinnati street car. The yellow one in the photos. These street cars are really cool, and all of them are old (1948 ish) and all different colours and stuff. We caught this street car to Castro which is the cosmopolitan area of San Francisco. The place was full of rainbow flags and rainbow everything else. Just a few princesses taking their dogs for a walk really. Went into a pet shop there and it was really camp too, spoilt cats and dogs must live in the area.

Well tomorrow looks like it will be the bike ride to the bridge and then maybe the street car museum. Check back tomorrow for the latest update.