We arrived in San Francisco late afternoon amongst the rush hour traffic and checked into our hotel on Broadway. It’s mentioned in a lot of reviews as a very nice area and this seemed to be the case but it really was scruffy and lots of litter on the sidewalks. Street beggars are also cited as being a nuisance but, to be honest it wasn’t a problem we encountered. However we did see many cases of people rifling through dumpsters whilst all their worldly goods were crammed into shopping trollies nearby. It certainly is a city of contrasts with multi-million dollars homes alongside people sleeping in parks and on pavements, a problem that all the western world faces. On a more upbeat note, as this is meant to be a holiday, we strolled down to fisherman’s wharf for lunch and caught a tram back up. I’m not talking of a trolley bus but an old, original cable car with open sides that you see in the movies 😀😀😀 Brilliant!! We’d already had a very heavy evening the night before which involved three amazing bars, some Jack Daniels and, heaven forbid, a few Fireballs – (will we ever learn) so we spent most of the day sight seeing including taxis up and down the hills of Pacific Heights and Russian Hills. Tomorrow we’ll visit Chinatown!