The First Stop - SAN FRANCISCO- Day 1

Our original plan was Grand Canyon first. I happen to have a good friend who works there on the North Rim and was willing to put us up for two nights but Man proposes, Nature disposes. Right before our arrival the trees caught on fire and all the area needed to be evacuated. It was a bad news but hopefully it will stop before we get there. We changed our plan and went to San Francisco first. I was here 4 years ago and to be honest I didn't like it that much as LA but there are some people who really adore this city so what I am doing now basically is, I am giving to it a second chance.
We rented a very nice car and set out early in the morning. The distance from LA is about 370 miles and surprisingly we got there by 2pm. Therefore there was enough time to explore the city a little bit even the same day.

Bay Bridge brought us into the city but the weather did not welcome us very pleasantly. It was very foggy, we couldn't even see the downtown.

We are staying at the Best Western Hotel right in the heart of SF, a walking distance from Civic Center.

Adela is always very excited about traveling and staying in different places. It is amazing how much she has experienced this year. She is still 3 years old and she has been to so many places that many adults will never see. Hopefully she will remember some of it.

I was tired after the long drive but I wanted to see how much it has changed since the last time I was here so we went for a very short walk to the Civic Center and I must admit the homeless people multiply faster than anything else. The buildings there are beautiful but the sights of lying drunk people in the streets (everywhere), dirty people pushing their shopping carts and beggars asking for money on every corner spoil the beauty of this city. Very shocking is the fact that people here smoke in the streets and the streets are very dirty. It is weird though. I can not help not to compare SF to LA and for the first day the score is 0:1. We will see tomorrow.