Monday 21 November 2011

San Francisco---an AWESOME city! DAY 1

We had an AMAZING time in San Francisco this past weekend. Caleb, Luke, and I went with Chris who needed to go for a conference. Here we are on the first day....walking around the city (the first picture---with the Christmas tree---was taken around 6 AM when we first started walking).




Here we are after an hour or so and we start encountering hills.





And, here we are an hour after that.....with more hills.

(Caleb is saying, "When can we stop, Mom?!)




But there is lots of cool architecture to see and we still haven't found Chinatown which we really wanted to see......
Then, around 11 AM.....with the help of lots of nice people who giggled at how many times we'd passed it.....we found Chinatown. As promised, it was well decorated and had lots of shops with things the boys would like.


Among the highlights, we saw Porziuncola Nuova---the National Shrine of Saint Francis. Here are better pictures than I could ever take: http://www.shrinesf.org/index.html




After weaving the streets for 7 hours, we stopped for lunch then headed back to the hotel for naps. Around 3 pm, we got up and headed back out for Pier 39 where we enjoyed the shops, the seals, and a good dinner.


Our sweet boys walked ALL DAY---for miles and miles. They are fun little travelers!

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