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<\/a>Historic Street Car<\/p>\nWe went around the corner to a shop that sold transportation passes. The MUNI-Pass give unlimited rides on all the buses, trains, trolleys, cable cars, and street cars in the entire city. Our goal was the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, so we took a bus to the park.<\/p>\n
The best thing about above-ground transportation in a city is that you can see where you’re going and you’re able to view all the neighborhoods. The bus drove through the infamous Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco. Today, young tourists enjoy walking around the district to see tie-dye t-shirt shops and psychedelic graffiti.<\/p>\n We got off the bus at Golden Gate Park and walked into the park. We followed a path and arrived at a wonderful big children’s playground. Just past that we found a lovely carousel which was made in Watertown, New York.<\/p>\n We continued on for a while, passing a lawn bowling court and a botanical garden. Finally we arrived at the “science museum”. There were lots of children and families around the museum.\u00a0 We crossed the boulevard to find an outdoor art show & sale positioned around a fountain.<\/p>\n We finally found the Japanese Tea Garden, paid our admission and entered. It was the oldest garden in San Francisco according to the sign. It was not as large as the Japanese garden we had visited in Vancouver, but was still quite beautiful.<\/p>\n Since we were so close, we decided to see the exhibits in the De Young Art Museum. The building was interesting and the collection was also surprisingly good. I love the palm trees around the building!<\/p>\n View of the Sculpture Garden<\/p>\n<\/a>Intersection of Haight & Ashbury Streets<\/p>\n<\/a>Carousel<\/p>\n<\/a>The California Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n<\/a>Entrance to the Japanese Tea Garden<\/p>\n<\/a>The Tea House<\/p>\n<\/a>Japanese Pagoda<\/p>\n<\/a>Reflecting Pool<\/p>\n<\/a>Beautiful Garden<\/p>\n<\/a>The De Young Museum<\/p>\n<\/a>Outdoor Cafe<\/p>\n<\/a>View Inside, Looking Out of the Museum<\/p>\n<\/a>Contemporary Art Room<\/p>\n<\/a>Glass Sculpture<\/p>\n<\/a>Tired Visitor or a Different Perspective<\/p>\n<\/a>Nice Light on the Statue<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n