Got a free breakfast this morning from the hostel over the road from ours. Headed out in to town after putting our names down for a $5 dinner there tonight. Having to budget canny heavily now as we seem to be haemoraging dollars and cents in the U.S. Walked up to pier 33 to see about a trip to Alcatraz, managed to get on a trip for an hour later. Got the boat across to the rock and spent a good couple of hours there, doing the audio tour of the prison which was good. It must have been hell on earth being locked up there!!
Once back we had a wander round pier 39 which is full of tourist shops and all that jazz. There's a shop called Treasure Ireland that just sells Irsih related stuff!?! Didnt go in as our Irish needs were satisfied. Did get a good view of the Golden Gate Bridge from the pier though.
Spent the rest of the afternoon wandering round town. Found China town which was cool. The American Pyramid and all the steep hilly streets you see on the tele with cable cars going up and down.
San Francisco is a quality city. Feels a bit like New York with the massive tall buildings and everything arranged in a grid system. I wouldn't mind living here, you could could just walk around all day long and not get bored here.
Had our $5 dinner which was actually really good, there were loads of travellers young and old taking advantage of the cheap food!!!
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