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San Francisco

San Francisco, originally mission city (mission Dolores) in the year 1776 of Spanish Franziskanermoenchen established oldest city of USA, fell the late Yerba Buena city mentioned 1846 in the Mexican-American war without fighting to USA. Kept it one year later in honours of the guardian-holy to its current name. During the years of the Goldrush(in Sierra Nevada area between Yosemite National Park and Lake Tahoe the city already counted 1870 of 150,000 inhabitants. The heavy earthquake 1906 destroyed 80% of the buildings, but the deployment of San Francisco and the Bay Area to today the Metropolis counting over 5 Mill. was interrupted only at short notice.
In the 70's San Francisco acquired itself the surname "world capital of the gays ". The sexual liberalisation caused in the HIPPI time and San Francisco after-said tolerance provided for a Gay Community, on estimated 20% of the population entitled to vote. As center of the gays an area is considered below the twin peak and Buena Vista Park with center in the Castro Street between 17. and 19. Road.
Another special feature San Franciscos is the fog. Not in the winter, but in the summer close humidity predominantly wraps Golden Gate Bridge and twin peak into close veils. Thus also the temperatures rise over 20°C. most sun-richly are hardly the months Septembers and Octobers during this time. But there is to be also many visitors, the extra because of the fog here journeys.
Briefly said: San Francisco is a city, those the visitor to each yearly - or time of day something to offer has us was it anyhow already with the entry at first attempt pleasant.
Perhaps one wants to hang around only once quite relaxed on Fisherman's Wharf and watch multicolored, relaxten driving of the life artists and Aussteiger met numerously here. From here it is also not far more to the Golden Gate Bridge. Equal of Fisherman's Wharf one looks also directly here on the pre-aged rock island Alcatraz. In the 45-Minits-Takt placing the ships to the notorious prison island and who wants to let include can itself for a half day into one of the cells, already the AL Capone and many other sizes of the underworld accommodated.
If one relaxed so the day over sufficient, one can fall oneself the more extensively into the " night life ". A ' hot tip ' is a travel with the Mexican bus . With omitted Salsa - Rhytm and identical passengers, become you with this bus the most announced Salsa - clubs driven in the Mexican quarter. An experience, which one should to be escaped not to be able. And who possesses still sufficient energy after a dancefull night, another speciality of this quarter can admire on the next day still equal: The Rurals, often artistically very fastidious murals. Really worth seeing! For approx. 10$ also guidance take place, with which one explains to a sense and a background of many factories. And often the artists are also present.
A guidance by China Town, with really very engaged and temperful assertion of the chinise kitchen finds it under Wokwiz .