Heading to San Francisco

we left early the following day after our great Napa Valley experience, and since we were just north of petaluma, we went there for breakfeast.  now, if your into tech culture like i am, and your in petaluma, what do you go see?  a must go spot for those into tech.

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having had a great breakfeast, we drove around the bay in order to go visit berkley.  we had a few hours to kill still before we had to check into our air bnb apartment in SF, so off we went.  these photos are of the san pablo bay national wildlife refuge at the south end of all the wine valleys.

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in berkley we drove around and looked at the city a little bit.  there are some really fancy restaurants noa wanted to have a look at, and it was a nice area in general.  from there we drove straight to our rental apartment, dropped off our bags, and went to the airport to return our rental car.

noa joking look, we are heading to the airport and we are travelling so LIGHT!!

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this was for my dad, a radial engine on display at sfo.

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from SFO, we went straight downtown on the BART!  bay area rapid transit.  it has some fascinating history that i read up on.  really allowed san fran to flourish and allowed people to live outside of the downtown core.

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we went straight to embarcadero and the ferry terminal.  it is an active ferry terminal, but its also become a place of really good food and on some days a farmers market.  it was done up very well and there was a lot of hustle bustle outside a few restaurants.  i was pretty hungry so i stopped for a grill cheese which got its cheese from that amazing cheese store.

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the bridge we drove over from berkley, going through Treasure Island.

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i liked that there was a half pier.

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so…  in case you have never been…  san Francisco is rather chilly.  Just north of the city, we were experiencing a heat wave, and south of the airport, it was super sunny and warm.  but at the heart of SF, well, this is what you get.  mostly overcast.  and very chilly.  like, jeans and a sweater and maybe a jacket chilly.  yeah, like what the heck.

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after snacking at the ferry terminal,we walked around a bit heading in the direction towards Mosto,  where we had some super amazing mexican food at.  it was so hopping we had to sit outside, but luckily they had heaters and blankets.  i had a margarita, and some delicious little tacos.  it was a good time.

the following day we went back downtown and got off at the same stop.  we went to the exploratorium, probably with most of San Fran’s children.  but anyways, it was a lot of fun, they have science experiments and fun interactive things for you to see.  from there we then spent most of the day shopping.  i mostly got some pictures of old time street cars, and not much else that day.   but we did have a little nice weather mid day!

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Not super exciting two days, but they were for us.  we finally made it to our final north american town, no more rental car, and we got a lot of walking in.  after so much driving, it was nice to walk around again.  but don’t worry, our trip isn’t over yet, and there is a lot more excitement to come.