San Francisco (Part 1)

We've started to explore the city over the last 2 weekends. We wanted a bit of "freedom" to explore some of the cool neighbourhoods, so we decided to rent a car, and soon realised that having a car in SF was a mixed blessing with car parking spots at a premium, but for a first visit, it was well worthwhile. One thing we learned is that summer weather in SF is dominated by the offshore fog that gets sucked into the bay area by the inland heating of the desert..... so by early afternoon, the Golden Gate bridge is shrouded in fog.

driving into the clouds...

North Beach area, looking down Lombard st. Some of these streets are really steep!

Union st, in Cow Hollow. Looks and feels much like Church st, Prahan, in Melbourne. 

Overlooking the downtown area. We finally found a car park in Little Italy, so of course we stayed to eat....

Magnificent little cul de sac,  VERY steep, with spectacular views over the bay to Angel island.