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San Francisco

This easy going city, that still has the free spirit of the seventies was one of the unforgettable places on our trip. We stayed for three nights and had the wonderful opportunity to stay at Dorothy's place, who we had two really nice dinners with. Dorothy & Cliff, thanks a lot, it's been a great time with you!

Downtown San Francisco with the unique Transamerica Pyramid.

 

Piers, the bay bridge and Oakland on the other side of the bay. Looking from Coit Tower.

 

Lombard Street with the "wiggly" road.

 

The pictures above were taken from Coit Tower, which is a good place to get a great overview over San Francisco. The elevator scares the hell out of you and seems to have survived all earthquakes unchanged.

 

Steep hills and Cable Cars, that's what the city is known for worldwide.

 

Eva on Pier 39 - a.k.a. Fisherman's Wharf - where she gets her name written by an asian artist. For $1.85 a letter she got away quite cheap with her 3 letter name. ;)

 

Chessplayers on the sidewalk.

 

Eva at Union Square.

 

The two of us before walking across THE bridge.

 

As we walked all across the Golden Gate Bridge the sun disappeared behind clouds from the pacifc. Although glossy blue-sky postcards tell a different story, this is a very common image of the bridge.

 

This is Lombard Street between Hyde and Leavenworth, the "crookedest street of the world". Of course, we drove on it. :-)

 

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Oliver Scheck, July 2nd, 2002