A few days in San Francisco; The Haight and Golden Gate Park

Tuesday

Palomar, our hotel for the rest of our stay. It's perfectly situated in the city if you're here for a mix of business and pleasure, just between Union Square and the Moscone Center. I have used it a few times before. Most important though, it's quiet - most city sounds vanish once you've entered the hotel.

We started the day with a breakfast at Mel's Drive In, close to the hotel, Mission St at Fourth. Great omelets. Planned the day loosely and decided to start with going to the Haight area by MUNI from the nearby Powell station.

The Haight area is full of interesting people and not-so-standard house facades.

A picture says more than a thousand words about this neighborhood.

A couple of dogs hanging out in a parked car.

Anyways, it's one of those areas in San Francisco that's worth walking around in a couple of hours. Relaxed, anything-goes, hippie, ...

We walked westwards on the Haight Street straight through the area and reached the Golden Gate Park. After an hour in the sun and a lunch at de Young museum, Jenny took the chance to practice her gymnastic moves. Olympics next year?...

A last shot from the park. A couple had found an almost private place...

My first visit to the park even though I've been to the city a number of times before. It's a beautiful park with lots of green spaces, trails, exhibitions, etc.

We closed the day with a sushi dinner at the Sanraku Japanese Restaurant in the Metreon building. Unfortunately the sushi, service, and the place itself was not as good at the Sanraku place at Sutter St. Go to the Sutter St place instead...