Map of the stroll.
We parked just near the Bay Bridge and took a couple of photos of it ...
We were walking to the Ferry Building which housed the Farmers Market.
It was amazing to see the fog roll into the bay, even though it was probably about 28 degrees and quite hot.
And I got my first real closeup look at San Francisco's downtown. Complete with bow and arrow. (Although the arrow is incorrect as it has 4 fetches. ;))
The concrete border had cute sea creatures on it.
The footpath traffic increased as we got nearer the market.
It was fascinating to look through the city buildings and see the hills with houses on them on the other side.
This part of the road was a double layer roadway before the last big earthquake and it fell over and instead of replacing it, they put the trams down the middle of the road and opened up the view. The trams apparently are from all over the world and are very big and colourful.
We finally settled on a place for brunch, mainly because they had 6 different types of oysters.
Chrissie grabbed the book and I eventually bought a copy.
They had some great photos and quotes throughout the book.
Clams, Prawns and Crabs. Yum !
Lunch ! The three dips were a mustard butter, vinaigrette with very little oil and a spicy tomato sauce. The green stuff in the centre is decorative seaweed, which I didn't try.
Oysters. The ones on the right were very subtle and creamy, the cute little middle ones were quite sweet and the others were Pacifics, which are the normal ones served in restaurants. The prawns were great, lovely and fresh and the crab was chock full of sweet meat.
The aftermath !
We then wandered back through the market and Robert and Chrissie went back to the car and went home. I strolled off in the opposite direction. More tomorrow.
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