I had to visit Cupertino for a work project and I decided to visit San Francisco for a day, this was just before my holiday to China and Japan.
I firstly took the opportunity to go and visit our companies new headquarters, it’s amazing and huge, looks like a massive round spaceship!
My trip then started by catching an Uber to the Santa Carla train station where I noticed they didn’t have any staff/ticket box, I had to go the the platform and purchase a $30 return ticket on a “Call train” which is a double decker train, it stops at just about every station on the way, including iconic places I’ve heard of when growing up such as Silicon Valley, mountain view.
The journey is an hour and takes you to the main station in San Francisco. Once there I walked out of the station and asked someone the directions to the closest pier, it was a nice plesent 25mins walk.
Once I arrived I saw a huge silver/grey bridge, for a moment I thought it was the Golden Gate Bridge but it wasn’t red!
So I continued walking, saw the Firefox headquarters on the way, then realised this was going to be a long walk as the bridge was no where in sight ahead.
I came across a bike shop which hires out bikes and they give you a map to follow to get to the bridge and other sites.
I think I paid $30 for a few hrs, had to return it back at 5.30pm, they will also ask your card for a deposit for loss or damage, about $600, but you get it back when you return the bike. They will also give you a bike lock and if you want a helmet.
So I started riding the bike and following the map, went past a few good scenic points and got some great shots of the bridge. Also got to see the Alcatraz building from a distance and went into the art museum which was absolutely stunning, it’s like a Greek building and just mesmerises you. I took some good pictures and also made a GoPro video, show at the end of this article.
II got to the bottom of the bridge and it was getting dark so knew I should turn back, plus the ride up the hill to the bridge was on an intense hill, so I’ll leave that for next time too, or I could just hire a car and drive across.
On way back I caught the same Call train, took about an hour. Need to explore more of the city it-self which I will do on my next visit.