We arrived in San Francisco airport and with heavy bags draped over our shoulders and smaller bags in hands, we managed to take the Metro into the city and find our very inexpensive accommodations that we booked for three nights; here the link: http://www.sanfranciscocheaphotel.com. Our hotel turned out to be just what we were expecting, full of young travellers like ourselves.

Our first order of business was to find a true American burger, and with a little search on-line, we headed to a place called Pearls. It is the current winner of the San Francisco’s best burger award and when we took our first bite, we totally agreed. The burger was big, tasty and had tons of toppings, plus it was cheap! After being totally satisfied, we headed back to our hotel in need of much sleep, Jet-lag hit us hard. My travelling companion, didn’t quite make it back to our room for almost an hour after I did. She was waylaid by a German boy wearing a pair of tight pants in the lobby of our hotel. The next thing I know, there a Dutch guy in our room! Did I mention my travelling companion is quite the flirt?

In the morning, I did notice there were no men in our room and only a sleeping companion. Whew! We got ready and went out to find some cheap pancakes. We didn’t have to go far, right next to our hotel was a great breakfast cafe’. My pancakes were especially good. After breakfast and tons of coffee, we went on a ‘free’ walking tour into Chinatown. The tour was giving by a guy my travel companion met at a hostel right next to the breakfast cafe’. I knew she’d come in handy. He took us to sample dim sum and fortune cookies. Then we went over one of the mammoth hills were we good get a great view of the Golden Gate Bridge and of Alcatraz.

As my travelling companion bid farewell to our free tour guide, we headed towards Fisherman’s Wharf. It was here where we would purchase tickets to Alcatraz, unfortunately, Alcatraz was sold out for the next week! Even my travelling companion couldn’t muster up some tickets from people lining up to board the ferry that would take them over the the Island. This really stunned her and put her in a daze. I ended up dragging her to Pier 39 to see and smell the sea lions soaking up the sun. This put a smile on her face, she was back and ready for our next adventure!

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