Rediscover San Francisco

It's been 34 years since I visited SF, it's like discovering a new city. And boy, it feels like we walked every street in SF.

Up and down the streets all day long - over 20700 steps, 67 floors up and 77 floors down.
It was supposed to be a rest day 😳

Things I learned ... in no particular order
👆There is a wonderful mixture of architecture and style, old and new right next to each other
👆Famous Lombard Street is not the most crooked and even not the steepest street in SF.
The crookedest is actually Vermont Street, in the Potrero Hill neighborhood on the other side of town.
And the winner of the steepest road is Bradford Street with a gradient of 41% gradient whereas Lombard Street is just a mere 27%
👆Nob Hill aka Nobel Hill is one of the most affluent hoods in town. A one bedroom apartment can easily set you back 4000 dollars a month.
👆 Pacific Height is another one of these classy neighborhoods. Julia Roberts just bought a place there a few months back. And with neighbors like Danielle Steel and Nancy Pelosi it's not surprising that these are top dollar.
👆 There are more dogs in SF than kids
👆SF is famous for the fog rolling in from the coast. So much so that 'Karl the fog' has its own Twitter account posting pictures of ... fog - what else 🤷
Check it out if you don't believe it.
👆After the great fire in 1906, the city tried to entice people back with big exhibition in 1915 to celebrate the opening of the Panama canal. The Palace of Fine Arts was one of ten palaces at the heart of the Panama-Pacific-Exhibition. Today the palace is aka R2D2 - but no sound effects 😃
👆Pier 39 and Fisherman Wharf is still a very touristy even if a lot less crowded. Apparently, tourism is roughly at 70% of pre-pandemic levels.Read more