View of the Gate and the city skyline from Marin Headlands
Uli and I take the bikes into the city for the day, cycling over the ridge of the headlands, then descending down Conzelman Rd to the entrance to the Golden Gate Bridge bike way...Thanksgiving holiday weekend, bike traffic thick crossing the bridge.....the lycra carbon fiber bling racers weave in and out between throngs of tourists on rental bikes wobbling along the bikeway....one guy passes me on a full-on time trial rig, down in the aero position, jacked into his Ipod....We cycle past Chrissy Field, the Presidio, east on Lombard, then south on Valencia into Mission District...no better way to explore San Francisco than on a bicycle.
Mark, Uli, Sabine and I return the next day by bus, spend the day walking the city, to the Embarcadero, then up Broadway, past the classy strip joints, and into Chinatown ... cheap delicious Dim Sum, pushing through wads of smiling Chinese who bark their orders to the shopkeepers of the amazing fish and produce markets....dried sea cucumbers heaped in boxes, salted dried fish, every creature in the sea for sale....
Uli and Sabine crossing the Golden Gate Bridge
Columbia and Broadway - the famous City Lights bookstoreStatue of Mahatma Ghandi at the Embarcadero, Bay Bridge in background. the inscription reads:
"Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of Mankind. It is the supreme law. By it alone can mankind be saved."
You's Dim Sum in Chinatown - Try the Pork buns
Hanging lanterns - Chinatown
Stonework above the entrance to Pacific Gas and Electric Building
Golden Gate Bridge at night from Marin Headlands
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