Zlote Wakacje

Chinatown
The world's largest Asian neighborhood outside of Asia. The oldest Asian district in the U.S.. Our experience shows that it is increasing because many shops, hotels and restaurants with Asian subtitles appeared also in the area claimed to be Italian - you can see this clearly, because in the Italian district of lanterns are painted the Italian flag.

Throughout San Francisco, the number of people from Asia is probably already over 15% of the population which is the largest single group (based on neighborhood streets Milbrae and observation. Is quite different than in Los Angeles, where they still constitute the majority of Mexicans.

In Chinatown, there are two main, parallel streets, tourist attractions - Stockton and Grant Avenue. Visited the district on Sunday around 1911 hours - it was not crowded, you could calmly go through the streets, take a picture from the middle of the street. We returned the same way after a visit to an Italian neighborhood, and it turned out that the same place looks completely different. It was impossible to go down the sidewalk, hundreds of people (Asians), doing grocery shopping, eating lunch at a fast restauracyjkach. We had to turn into a smaller street, to be free to continue walking toward Market Street. Along the way we passed descending from the top and then podjeżdżające trams - cable cars.

Little Italy
Italian district adjacent to the Chinese. That's part of North Beach, zdłuż Columbus Street. Clearly the difference - it is much less people, no shops, "with everything" on the street is cleaner, the exhibition of shops and restaurants are more structured and "European." It smells of pizza and coffee. We stopped at a small meal in the original Italian café. Freshly prepared pasta was quite tasty. As befits the Italians, the password for the WiFi network is the name of the team from Naples, and pointed out to me by the owner of the scarf, when we had a problem with spelling and correct the entry in the log. Nearby is the famous Transamerica Pyramid building, characteristic of green building, Columbus Tower / Sentinel Building and distinctive tower Coit Tower on telegraph hill, which this time did not want us to enter. The day before we drove there by car, which is quite an exciting experience, because the slope is probably greater than 45 degrees.

The Bay to Breakers
Your friend on Facebook the day before he wrote that takes part in a "stupid," knows how to run - The Bay to Breakers. About 12 km route between the coast, next to the Bay Bridge and the place where the crashing waves of the Pacific Ocean (Breakers). The race is always on the third Sunday of May. According to the description of the network wyczytanego course aims to provide employees of large firms balance between corporate and private, and here you can show what is the distance to each other and taking on a life in the most "trendy" outfit. The time is also characterized by a considerable degree of nakedness "runners", sometimes more than the organizers expect, but overall the actors present you a really spectacular and original.
Race started around 7:30, we turned up at the center of about 13, and at least 17 in various locations downtown and near the Golden Gate Park and Presidio watched strangely dressed and painted groups of people trying to stop a taxi, or packed to overflow bus. On the route of the event was more than a dozen stops where we could have fun with music, or eat a quick meal. In fact, about 5,000 people take eudział on the run, and in the other the opportunity to participate in numerous events accompanying the long route.
The nightly news we heard that the party enjoyed more than 60 000 people and ended with a big cleaning. One of the homeless said that the cans have earned during the event will have at least $ 40 in income. Only a dozen people were detained because of too much alcohol and inappropriate behavior.

Golden Gate
Coming from the Embarcadero toward the park, the Presidio and Golden Gate, we came to a vantage point next to the Golden Gate Bridge. Very interesting place, with nice views, and without large numbers of tourists. It should avoid the freeway, he discovers many interesting places. It should also do the ride by the Presidio, next to golf courses - an attractive place to relax and admire the panorama Downtown. Through the park by a winding road along which there are several expensive estates and cottages, but the main part of the park with a golf course.

Little Russia
Returning to the hotel the afternoon, but unfortunately the traffic between Gbolden Gate Prak and freeway 101, by chance we got to the area about which we read earlier. On Geary Street, between streets 16 and 24 is small, ie Russia, because of the large number of inhabitants of the region. Not noted specific differences in relation to other districts, only a few small Cyrillic inscriptions and was church. Only here we could see the "Polish Delicatessen." On Sunday it was open, but near stopped for coffee and cake in a very pleasant cafe Pete's Cafe.