My mom has been eyeing a trip to San Francisco and the nearby wine country for a while now. After seeing how much fun Kellie had on her visit to the Bay City, my mom and I decided a visit was a must! We planned for a week during the summer when my work has relatively calmed down.
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| Fight from Houston to San Francisco. |
We caught a flight on Saturday morning and made it to San Francisco around 1:30 p.m., plenty of time to do some exploring. We checked into our hotel, Le Meridien, in the Financial District and put put bags into the room.
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| Our hotel in the Financial District- Le Meridien. |
We grabbed a light jacket, since we'd been warned several times that it was going to be chilly, and hit the road. We grabbed a quick taxi over to Fisherman's Wharf and explored the sights.
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| Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco. |
We walked down Hyde Pier and saw some restored historical ships and got our first view of Alcatraz. We made our way west on Fisherman's Wharf and stopped in a few shops, including Boudin. We loved the fun-shaped sourdough bread loaves and decided that we must make another stop before we headed home to grab some bread souvenirs.
Finally, we made our way to Pier 39 where we checked out the shops and fought the crowds. We grabbed dinner on the second floor of the pier at a restaurant called Mango's Taqueria & Cantina. We went for the margaritas, to be honest... and they were worth it!
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| Our margaritas and chips and salsa at Mango's. |
We even had a little visitor at dinner. ;) As soon as the table behind us cleared out, he showed up to scarf down some of their chips. He may look cute in the picture, but he was gigantic! Much bigger than any sea gull we see here in Texas!
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| Our dinner visitor! |
After dinner, we purchased some fruit from a little farmers market and caught a taxi back to our hotel, where we unpacked and promptly passed out!
It was a wonderful first day in San Francisco and we couldn't wait to get the rest of our trip underway.
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