I arrived on the Sunday in the early evening, and started by wandering a bit around the Mission. It was a gritty yet artsy neighbourhood. One of the first things I saw when I got out of the BART station was a giant rainbow flag flying in the street. Very cool. I wandered around for a while, but honestly, I was feeling a little beat up after the tournament, and I just wanted to go to bed. My feet hurt, I was still carrying my stuff, and I hadn't washed my hair yet after playing 7 games of ultimate.
The next day, I felt refreshed and ready to go. I took BART into the core, and wandered around the city all day. i walked everywere. In the end I walked for about 5 hours, which worked the lactic acid out of my legs nicely (but made my feet feel like ass). I saw a lot of the waterfront, plus a lot of the planned torch route. I missed the Olympic torch in San Fran by just one day! That said, I probably wouldn't have actually seen it is I had still been there, because the last-minute route switch thwarted protesters and fans alike!
There were Free Tibet posters and signs all over San Fran while I was there. A group of people scaled the Golden Gate Bridge that day and attached two giant :'Free Tibet' banners. I didn't know about it under the next day, reading a newspaper in the airport. (I love doing this, by the way - reading the local newspaper whereever I travel). Here are some of the pictures that I took. In this first one of the Golden Gate Bridge, I can't tell if you can see the banners, or it is just a paraglider or something. I guess the banners took several hours to get down. All four people who put them up were arrested.
At the end of my day in San Fran, I went clothes shopping at REI. I got two new sweaters, a new belt, and a new pair of short pants. I'm still pretty stoked about all of my purchases.
More to come on BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), but in another post.
ps. CONGRATULATIONS to Mel, Mike and Lucy Wrigglesworth on the birth of Oscar James Wrigglesworth.
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