Tag: San Francisco

  • On The Streets of San Francisco

    On The Streets of San Francisco

    I really enjoyed my time wandering the streets of San Francisco. I knew it would be hilly, but I didn’t realise just how hilly it would be. Every street seems to have a sharp incline or decline. At least, that’s how it felt to me as I marched around on a hot summer’s day many…

  • Alcatraz

    Alcatraz

    This boat-shaped silhouette may not be overly familiar to everyone, but the name Alcatraz surely must be? Doesn’t the word itself conjure up images of criminals in tiny, old-fashioned prison cells? Of breakout attempts, and of hardship? It does for me, at least. When the Spanish originally arrived in the area, they named the little…

  • The Belle of the Bay

    The Belle of the Bay

    This paddlewheel boat tramps up and down the bay in San Francisco, and since it’s arrival in 2001 has gone on to become quite an icon of the area. Owned and operated by Hornblower, it evokes a bygone era and is the largest dining yacht on the whole of the West Coast of America. Built…

  • Two White Towers

    Two White Towers

    This perhaps obscure photo, shows the tops of two white towers that I found in San Francisco, subsequent research tells me that they make up the highest points of the Saints Peter & Paul Church. That there are 100s of churches in San Francisco!