At the end of yesterday I finally found a transit map so I was able to do a bit more planning of my day. My first destination was Golden Gate Park. It was just a single bus ride away from Union Square and the route took me past some new San Francisco neighborhoods. So far I'm amazed at how diverse the houses are. All stuck together crossing many architectural styles. Considering the fire in 1906 I'm surprised they let people build so close together. I entered the park off Haight Street and scoped out the McDonald's nearby.
The reason I needed to know where the McDonald's was that I had a bit of work to do and I needed to find a place with WIFI. I quickly tested it out and then headed into the park. The park is incredibly long and I only had time to check out a portion of it. This included the botanical gardens, the lake, several sports fields, some great old buildings and a funky bridge made out of very large boulders. I think you'd need at least a full day to see the whole park.
A 30 minute walk from the park were the painted sisters. One of their claims to fame is that they were in the opening credits of a show called Full House from the late 80's and early 90's. I think the only reason I watched the show was because of the neat buildings and the funny uncle. Today my mission was to find them as well as the house from the show. It was only about 20 minutes from the sisters. The walk to both locals was relatively flat. By San Francisco standards at least.
After I'd done the Full House tour it was time to transit back to the hotel. I'd already planned it out and decided on the route that took me past AT&T park. I didn't have tickets but it was still fun to take in the atmosphere outside the park. After a few pictures I headed to the Cal Train. Yesterday I had taken the BART because it had a stop called South San Francisco which was on a map as being near my hotel. Turns out there are two different lines and two different stops. It took an extra hour to get home yesterday so I had learned my lesson and new to take the Cal Train this time.
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