On Sunday, we decided to head into San Francisco. Mary has a set of 5x7 cards that are walking tours of the city. We narrowed it down to three different walks and decided to go on two of them, because they were only six blocks apart and we could take the same BART stop (Bay Area Rapid Transit). We ended up in the Mission District of San Francisco, which has Latino roots, many murals, has many boutiques and tons of great restaurants. I wasn't able to get any good pictures of the murals, but I did get a beautiful picture of the The Mission Dolores Basilica, which is a historic Catholic church in the Mission District.
We also went down in to the Castro District, which is where much of the Gay Rights movements have started. The Castro is a historical theater and from the outside it was beautiful--I only wish Mary and I would have had time to go into the theater. The Castro District had amazing little shops and also tons of restaurants. It was so much fun to window shop, especially since many of the stores had handmade goods. There were also tons of mouthwatering restaurants. Below are the pictures of the Castro Theater.
After walking in the Castro district, we headed into a nearby neighborhood with tons of beautiful Victorian row houses. Here are a few pictures of the homes and view:
After looking at all of the beautiful homes, we headed back to the Castro District and had a wonderful lunch.
After lunch, we headed back toward the Mission District and decided to walk down Valencia Street. Valencia is full of trendy little shops and coffee shops. It was another fun area to walk around, but it was starting to get dark and we needed to get back to Mary's house so we didn't get to stay long.
After we arrived back in Berkeley, we started to watch a movie with Mary's roommates. Then we headed out to dinner at a local pizza place in Berkeley. After dinner, we went to Mass with one of Mary's roommates at the Catholic Church near UC Berkeley's campus. It was a beautiful candle light service, but it reminded me why I always think I like candle light services more than I actually like candlelight services: I get super sleepy. Overall, we had an action packed day and lots of fun!
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