Downtown: Walking Tour

        The good thing about staying at hostels is that you can take part of very cheap or free activities, this one was free and it was completely worth it! A volunteer who lived in San Francisco for many years took us around Downtown showing us places where usually no other tours go. We started Wednesday morning at 9.00am, we were only five people including the guide, which made it very nice. First stop was Lombard Street, I guess one of the most famous streets in the world which I was pretty excited to see too. Then we continued our walk through different neighborhoods and hidden (public but by local people maintained) gardens. Then we arrived at Coi tower, we didn't go up because we had a very nice view to Golden Gate Bridge anyways from the base. After that we had a little break at Levi's Plaza, then we walked through Broadway Str. to Chinatown, the biggest in North America! We also visited the Cable Car Museum before finishing the tour at the Grace Cathedral. From there we continued on our own down to the Ferry Building. After a little break at Starbucks I decided to check out the SFMoMa which was unfortunately closed because of renovations, but it was nice walking through Yerba Buena gardens part of the Arts Center. My last stop was at Civic Center and the City Hall, then I took the Cable car back to Fishermans Wharf via Powell Str. with a 20min interruption because of Mr Vice President: he had an event at the Fairmont (I believe) so Police, Sheriffs and a bomb squad cut a whole block, no one could even cross the street. I have to admit that it was exciting. Welcome to America!