Are you going to San Francisco... We just went.

For the final four days of our 363 day Round The World extravaganza we chose to spend our time in the home of the Summer of Love, San Francisco.
Again due to the limited time frame we tried to pack in as much as we could in a relaxed kind of Californian way. We rode across the Golden Gate Bridge, took an evening tour of spooky Alcatraz Island, sipped chai in the Haight district, wondered around the retro and vintage shops of The Mission district and visited the pirate supply shop of McSweeneys. We also upgraded from the very basic hostel we stayed in New York to a proper Hotel! Probably one of the nicest places we have stayed in the whole time we have been away.
We also tried our hardest to eat some of the best local cuisine. We had the best burritos of our lives in the heavily immigrant populated area of The Mission.
San Fran was definitely more relaxed than New York (probably not that difficult) and we appreciated the atmosphere for our last few days before heading home.
It was definitely a great way to end our Incredible year long journey.

Forget the expensive and crowded cable cars, these old school trams are WAY cooler!

Alcatraz Island from Fishermans wharf.

The beautiful and tranquil Japanese Tea Garden in the Gold Gate Park

The sunset view from Alcatraz. Notice the line of "Natural Air Conditioning" fog rolling in.

A rare shot inside Alcatraz without one of the other 500 tourists

One part of a mural covered lane in The Mission district, one of the oldest and most cutting edge areas in San Francisco.

Does this look familiar?
What if you add "everywhere you are, everywhere there's a heart, somebody who needs you"

Got it? That's right, it's from the opening credits of Full House!