Re: Re: About the only thing you can do Posted: Mon December 20, 2004 02:13 PM UTC
Hi again,
I am glad you decided not to drive from Oslo. Had a friend from Poland once who tried it and he ended up in China. Made a wrong turn somewhere around Iceland.
Anyway, I am not familiar with the hotel you mentioned. I looked it up on the website. Three blocks on Gery from Union Square is convient. Over the last 10 or15 years, many old hotels that had fallen into complete disrepare and were "flop houses" for homeless people have been cleaned up and made quite nice. I expect this is one of them. I regularly stay at a similiar hotel, just off Geary called the Amsterdam.
They will probably actually have you park in a city garage, but give you the rate they advertised. The Amsterdam, where I stay, charges $10 a night - at least that is what I remember from the last time I was there, but they have their own tiny 10 car parking lot right next door to the hotel, something almost unheard of in San Francisco for that type of hotel.
Be sure you get out and do a lot of walking while you are there. I would suggest walking from your hotel to Fisherman's Warf and then returning by Cable Car. Another great and cheap ride in San Francisco is the "J line" which is only $1 I think. It will take you from Fisherman's warf, through the Embarcadero, up Market and end at the Castro. You really get to see a lot of San Francisco that way. If you take it up to the Castro, it is a long, but interesting walk back through the Height (hippy) area, to where your hotel is.
You are going to love SF.....Oh yes, and don't forget the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Even if you don't care for art, the building is great to see.
Hmm.....could go on, but there is a limit, and I am sure you have some good guide books.
Jim
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