Another Day in San Francisco

We spent the day downtown San Francisco again, seeing more of the city--some places we saw yesterday, but seeing them closer today.  We went to the Transamerica Pyramid and City Hall.  It must be a big deal to get married at City Hall.  Today, on a Monday, there were couples there in full wedding garb getting their wedding pictures taken after their ceremonies, and a long line of couples waiting to get married.

We saw the famous "Painted Ladies" Victorian houses, went to the "hippie" Haight-Ashbury district, crossed the Golden Gate Bridge again.  We got our exercise walking up and down the crooked part of Lombard Street.

Then it was off to Chinatown.  We ended our visit by taken a cable car back to where we started on Market Street.  It was like being in a Rice-a-Roni TV commercial!!

Buildings in downtown San Francisco

Buildings in downtown San Francisco

Transamerica Pyramid

San Francisco City Hall

Front door to City Hall

Rotunda of City Hall

Rotunda Great Hall from Gallery

Staircase under rotunda in City Hall

"Painted Ladies" houses at Alamo Square with the city skyline behind. 
These are in the opening credits of the old TV show "Full House". 

Haight Ashbury district in San Franscisco--known for its history of 1960s hippie culture.

Interesting Ben & Jerry's sign in Haight Ashbury district

Another interesting sign along Haight Street

Reminiscent of the 1960s

Golden Gate Bridge

San Franscisco Bay from the Marin County side of the Golden Gate Bridge

Lombard Street - the most crooked street in the world.  AND it's pretty steep--about a 27% grade!

Grant Street through Chinatown

Cable car on California Street

Jansen traveling by cable car down California Street

Me and the cable car we rode -- car #50