San Fran and Golden Gate Bridge

The Best Western Hotel on 7th street was über modern. Newly renovated, the hotel definitely impressed. Walking distance away was United Nation Plaza. 

'Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts' - Rachel Carson, marine biologist and nature writer

In picture below, and a stone's throw from United Nation Plaza are the Civic Center Park and San Francisco City Hall.

Next stop on the F-line- Golden Gate Bridge. Yup the red structure on the side of the photograph below it is. Look very closely in the clouds because the subject of this photo is definitely neither me nor the bridge.

Didn't see it? Moving on along the sidewalk of the Golden Gate Bridge. 

And again. Do you see it now?

Across on the other side of the bridge, the gentle mountains. Inaccessible to reach there except maybe by helicopter. Oh i just found out from googlemaps, thats the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. So did you spot the special multicoloured bands in the sky?

Its colourful and clear in this next picture. Now, follow the rainbow and where it meets the water- thats Alcatraz. The appearance of the rainbow was a pleasant sign of beautiful things to come.

Next we went to Golden Gate Park. The Largest Artificial Park. The bunch of us learnt this the hard way as we walked down its paths. At first, in the light sunlight and then in the light rain. Eventually, arriving at the Murphy's windmill and slightly happy that the rain had subsided. From where I was, behing me was the beach. As i faced the pacific ocean and beyond that so very far away i believed i was facing home. 

Not the end of day 1 yet. But my camera battery was running low so no pics of our tour of downtown san francisco. Union Square, Yerba Buena Park, Martin Luther King Jr Memorial and not forgetting Frank Lloyd's Xanadu gallery.