[recycled sixtie]

San Fran? First time there we did not know any better and stayed at a hotel near Mission Ave, near the big govt. building. We walked everywhere. Was disappointed to see the police ticketing a guy for carrying a can of beer and then threw the can of beer on the ground. Went to an Irish pub and it was a smorg type and standing next to an SFO police in uniform I said hello to him and he said nothing. Is life really that bad?

The next time we went to Belmont in the Bay area. The taxi driver could not find our Holiday inn at 1650 El Camino Real coming from the airport. Eventually I said shut the meter off as he was lost. When we got to the hotel I paid what was on the meter and gave him no tip.


Had a nice bus ride to Muir Woods and Sausalito though.
Eventually got fed up with walking so much that I rented a car in Belmont - a Chevy Aveo. We had a nice drive to Half moon bay via a twisty turny road(great for P cars and motorcycles).
Stopped at a fabulous restaurant where there were exotic cars and motorcycles. San Fran is like any other large city - it has its good and bad areas. Definely like Belmont area - good restaurants within a 20 min. walk. Holiday inn staff at Belmont
were really good to us. Overall great holiday.