Tag: “San Diego”

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  1. Golden Gate Bridge

    The Golden Gate Bridge is a world-famous suspension bridge completed in 1937. It is part of US 101, and it connects the City of San Francisco to Marin County and the rest of the northern California coast.

    The natural air conditioning system that San Francisco's fog provides engulfs the Golden Gate bridge most afternoons, providing very dramatic temperature changes, and leaving the tourists running to the shops to buy more clothes.

  2. Rome

    Rome (Italian: Roma) is the capital city of Italy. Rome, Caput mundi ("capital of the world"), la Città Eterna ("the Eternal City"), Limen Apostolorum ("threshold of the Apostles"), la città dei sette colli ("the city of the seven hills") or simply l'Urbe ("the City"), is thoroughly modern and cosmopolitan.

  3. Legion Of Honor

    A great place to veiw art in San Fransisco.

  4. The Ferry Building

    Originally built in 1898, this San Francisco landmark at the foot of Market Street was one of the busiest transit terminals in the world prior to the construction of the Bay and Golden Gate Bridges during the 1930s. Ferry traffic declined dramatically thereafter, and from the 1950s until the mid-1990s, the Ferry Building was hidden behind an ugly elevated freeway.

  5. Haight & Ashbury

  6. Samovar Tea House

    Samovar tea lounge is a tea house that serves a variety of exotic and world teas and offers traditional tea services. They serve everything from standard Earl Grey to more exotic Monkey King.

  7. Golden Gate Marin Headlands

    On a clear winter's day, the world's most famous bridge in International Orange stands in contrast to the green hills of the Marin Headlands, the deep blue of the bay and the light hues of the city beyond.

  8. Streetsigns everywhere

    Everywhere on this planet you will find streetsigns. Simple graphic images that will point out a danger that is ahead or acts that are forbidden.

  9. Pigeon Point Lighthouse

    Pigeon Point Lighthouse is one of the many (and easily accessible) lighthouses scattered along the California coastline. The last time I’ve been there, the federal government was trying to sell the lighthouse to a private party because the $1 million annual maintenance cost was burning a hole in their budget.

  10. St Peter and Paul Church