San Francisco - the diverse city

One of the best known images of this city is the Golden Gate Bridge - here, looking north towards Sausalito and Marin County.

This is also a well known image - Alcatraz - or The Rock - in the middle of SF Bay

These newer images of "Gay Pride" & "For the IF in life" are now also seen all around the city of San Francisco.

They epitomise the free living inclusive culture here.

We rode on a few cable cars, as we had the weekly Metro pass anyway.

Pretty interesting, and always crowded.

Right is one of the many hills, to the left is the famously zigzagging Lombard St.

Jean is in the silver coat, clomping down the steps.

There's all kinds of music in many bars - especially the blues....

Shopping for whips and other leather goods in Castro!!

Cowboy boots found in the hippy area of Haight-Ashbury.


This is the view of the "City on the Bay" from Sausilito.

We went over and under this amazing structure a few times.

This is the traditional view of the Golden Gate bridge.... the bear is on watch.

Here's the Oakland bridge from one of our many cruises in the bay area.

This time it was a champagne luncheon - so I don't know how I snapped the gull so well!

This was our favourite trolley bus....from just outside the Radisson hotel at Fisherman's wharf...up all the way through Market street to Castro.

There are all kinds of eateries, other than the Crab restaurants around Pier 39 where we stayed. And some amusing names...

And finally, a posh dining at the "Slatted Door", a Vietnamese restaurant on the Embarcadero, where Bill Clinton dined when President.