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We drove for ages to get to San Francisco (South San Francisco to be more exact) without tolls, we drove around the whole bay. We barely saw anything from the city, it was so smoggy. We drove through Silicon Valley to get to our luxurious inn at the airport. We picked up our friend from the airport, and looked for a nice and cheap mexican restaurant next to a laundromat.

After the prison we went to Pier 39, a lot of restaurants and shops, and seals and tons of Christmas decorations. We walked around Fisherman's Wharf and checked out the cable car, then a friend who works in SF picked us up and we did some sightseeing by car. (We left ours at the inn, as we've been told that cars get broken in all the time, and that we should open the windows to show that the car is empty.) We drove down the crookedest road, went to see the painted ladies, where we had a beautiful view on the city, and then we went up to Twin Peaks, where we had a sick sunset. For the first time we also bought a beer and a brown bag at a liquor store and drank it in public.
As we are super responsible, we took a cab back to the town. Not just any cab, but a fully autonomous Waymo. Out Jaguar picked us up and reminded us to buckle up. We had a crazy 40 minutes having a beer in the car while the driver's seat was empty and the steering wheel was moving by itself, and the car braked as a completely high guy jumped in front of the car. We went to Chinatown to have dinner there and then walked up to Coit Tower. Unfortunately Waymo was too expensive and we didn't have the app, so we had a lame taxi to take us back to the inn.

On the next day we finally got our second key and the documents of the car (many thanks to Panni and Dani). We had a quick visit to Stanford and the picked up another friend from Germany at the airport.
After a small crisis which included a lost suitcase we managed to start our escape to the north (we were all shocked by the prices in California, so we decided to get to Oregon as fast as possible). On our way out of SF we drove through Tenderloin, where we saw what everyone was warning us about, all the crack addicts and homeless people. It was terrible to see how they are living on the streets and walking around like zombies.
Then we crossed the Golden Gate Bridge and made the compulsory photos and took Highway 1 on the coast up to the Red Woods.Weiterlesen