| I have to tell you, San Francisco has to be one of | | | | age where passing me by like I was standing still. Of |
| my all time favorite places. I LOVE it! We have had | | | | course, it doesn't help that I come from an area that |
| the opportunity to visit there twice in the past 2 | | | | claims garbage dumps and overpasses as our highest |
| years and I would go again in a heartbeat.Our first | | | | points!I recommend using an online service such as |
| visit we stayed in the Union Square District. Our hotel | | | | Priceline to book your reservations. For us, it was a |
| was tall and fabulous with our room overlooking Union | | | | tremendous savings and the hotel was top notch. I |
| Square. What a fascinating city! We chose not to | | | | also recommend using the hotel shuttle service rather |
| rent a car and I'm glad we didn't. Driving is nothing | | | | than a cab to get you to and from the airport. We |
| short of scary there. What with there narrow | | | | found out after the fact that we could have saved |
| streets, hills and curves not to mention buses, | | | | over half the amount by doing this.The cable cars are |
| streetcars and people, people, people.We only had 2 | | | | a must do when visiting the city but beware, it's not |
| days there for we were on route to Hawaii. I have | | | | always easy to hop aboard. Our first trip out, they |
| to admit, had the whole vacation been spent in San | | | | were on strike and only one line was active. It took |
| Francisco I would not have been disappointed. We | | | | us the entire day to be able to ride but I wasn't |
| took a bus tour of the bay area including of course | | | | about to leave without doing it. Just to hum the Rice |
| the magnificent Golden Gate Bridge. What a thrill to | | | | a Roni song I listened to as a child brought a smile to |
| see it in person. Our first trip out there we didn't | | | | my face.If you ever get a notion to visit this |
| actually drive over the bridge, a regret I quickly | | | | beautiful City by the Bay don't pass up the thought. |
| corrected on our next trip out.Bring comfy shoes for | | | | It is a definite must see!Make some |
| you will walk and walk and walk. The people are | | | | HotelReservations online for NewYorkHotels and |
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| certainly not over the hill yet but people twice my | | | | |