A cable car getting ready to leave on its journey.
As Jill and I hopped off the bus, we knew we had a number of places to visit today and needed to be time sensitive since we had so much to do and research for SF Tourism Tips.
The first place we needed to visit was the Aquatic Park area and get a few pictures, and videos, of the cable cars there.
It would be a long day of walking all along the Embarcadero and this would be a perfect first stop.
The Buena Vista Cafe, which is world famous for its Irish Coffee was right across the street but we decided we’d wait a bit and take our time before imbibing as we planned to hit a few of the new breweries later in the day.
The cable cars were running, on their usual 10 minute schedule, and we were able to get all the pictures we needed.
We enjoyed just hanging out, watching the fog roll away, and seeing the signs of pure joy on the peoples’ faces as they began their journey on the Cable Cars through the San Francisco hills.
Waiting for the journey to begin.
After getting what we needed, we headed down to the waterfront, to grab some breakfast. We had left the house around 6:45 am and it was already about 10 am and we were starting to get a bit hungry.
One our way, we spied Alcatraz prison, off in the distance and shrouded in fog.
As people say, “It is a great place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there.”
It always amazes me how close Alcatraz is to the shore and yet how desolate it feels when you are there.
It is definitely worth a trip, if you haven’t gone, and worth visiting again if you have!
Alcatraz peaks out of the fog.
We walked down Jefferson Street and listened to the barkers as they called out different attractions people could enjoy, like renting bikes or little go-carts, to travel around, and finally got to the area where all the fisherman sell their clam chowder in sourdough bread baskets.
We both love these delicious treats and missed them greatly while we were away. The clam chowder was delicious and the bread was nice and toasted. All in all, a perfect way to start our getaway in San Francisco. It also only cost $7.07 for a meal that filled us both up and warm us up at the same time.
Doing research can be wonderful if you love your job as much as Jill!
Delicious Clam Chowder served in a sourdough bread bowl!