Kwenzeka minyaka yonke: izigidi ezingu-16 zabavakashi abamagange namehlo abanzi bafika eSangweni Legolide—uTony Bennett ekhophoza kuma-iPod abo, imibono ka-Rice-a-Roni idansa emakhanda abo, ebuza izinto ezinjengokuthi, “Ngithatha yiphi indlela yokuphuma ukuze ngiyithole ku-Alcatraz?" Ungalokothi wesabe — amathiphu alandelayo azokusiza ukuthi uzulazule emanzini e-Bay Area njengokudla inhlama emuncu, 38 Geary-riding pro.
1. Ukuphi isimo sezulu. Yebo, useCalifornia. Cha, awukho e-Los Angeles—isifundo abaningi abavakashi abangenalo usizi abasifunde kabuhlungu, ngemva kokufika edolobheni begqoke izikhindi zethenisi ngoJulayi futhi baqandisa i-heinie yakhe lapho kuqubuka inkungu. Isimo sezulu sedolobha esidumile sishintsha kusukela ehoreni. ihora kanye nomakhelwane endaweni, ngakho-ke umthetho wesithupha uthi: gqoka izendlalelo. Woza nesikibha sesidlo sasemini e-Potrero Hill enelanga; letha ipaki yakho phansi ukuze lishone ilanga e-Ocean Beach. Futhi khumbula, uma ufela leso simo sezulu sasehlobo esipholile, vele udlulele eGolden Gate Bridge, lapho inkungu ingalokothi ihambe, futhi amazinga okushisa afudumale kalula ngo-10-15 degrees.
2. Lapho ukupaka kuwumcimbi wama-Olympic. Kuya ngesimo sakho sengqondo, i-labyrinth yedolobha lase-San Francisco yemigwaqo yendlela eyodwa ingaba ukugibela okujabulisayo kwesitayela se-Bullitt, noma isihogo se-Sisyphean esinemoto. Kodwa kunendlela eyodwa kuphela yokubheka isimo sokupaka: Uyanuka. Ukupaka emigwaqweni noma yikuphi edolobheni kungaba inselele, kodwa ezindaweni ezinzima izivakashi njenge-Union Square kanye ne-Fisherman's Wharf, umcimbi wama-Olympic. Uma unamandla okuthola imitha yokupaka esemthethweni, kuzokubiza ingxenye yesine njalo ngemizuzu eyi-10, kanye nemikhawulo ephoqelelwa ama-meter maid adla abangabhekile njengama-seagull abulawa indlala endaweni ye-corndog (ithiphu ngaphakathi kwethiphu: asikho ukudlala ngama-seagull; qapha ukudla kwakho okulula ngokuphila kwakho noma yikuphi olwandle).
Ukubheja kwakho okuhle kakhulu indawo yokupaka: I-Stockton-Sutter Garage iyinani elihle endaweni yedolobha; Igalaji le-Pier 39 linikeza indawo yokupaka eqinisekisiwe enesaphulelo eduze kwaseFisherman's Wharf. Enye inketho—ungashayeli. Kukhona umfantu waleli dolobha ongakwazi ukufinyelelwa ngokuhamba kahle komphakathi (ibhasi, imoto yomgwaqo, imoto yekhebula) nganoma yisiphi isikhathi emini noma ebusuku. Izindlela zokudlula zikamasipala zosuku olulodwa, ezintathu, nezinsuku eziyisikhombisa zinikeza ukugibela okungenamkhawulo emabhasini nasezinqoleni zomgwaqo (i-$1 eyengeziwe yokugibela izimoto zamakhebula). Ungakwazi futhi ukuthenga iphasiphothi yosuku lonke ($11), enikeza ukugibela okungenamkhawulo ezimotweni zamakhebula kuze kube phakathi kwamabili. Zombili ziyatholakala e-Visitor Information Centre emigwaqweni yase-Powell kanye ne-Market kanye nase-termini yemoto yekhebula.
3. Ngiyabonga ngokungabhemi. Ungakwazi ukuxhuma ku-inthanethi yonke indawo kusukela ku-ballpark ukuya endlini yakho yokugezela yehhotela, kodwa uma ufuna indawo esemthethweni yokukhanyisa usikilidi e-San Francisco, sikufisela inhlanhla. Phequlula i-Bic yakho endaweni engafanele futhi ungase ushaywe ngenhlawulo engu-$100. Kulabo abangakawuyeki lo mkhuba, xwayiswa ukuthi ukubhema akuvunyelwe ezindaweni zokudlela, ezitolo, ezindaweni zokucima ukoma, nasezihlalweni ezinkundleni ze-baseball noma ezinkundleni zebhola. Akuvunyelwe emapaki, ezigcawini zomphakathi, ezindaweni ezingaphandle zedolobha, noma phakathi kwamamitha angu-25 wezakhiwo zamahhovisi eziningi. Futhi kusukela ngomhlaka-1 Januwari, akuvunyelwe emotweni yakho noma yikuphi e-California uma unabagibeli abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-18.
4. Ukushaya itafula eliphezulu. Indawo yokudlela egxumagxumayo yaseSan Francisco idonsela ukudla okuvela emhlabeni wonke, kodwa konke lokho kudumisa kungasho uhlu olude lokulinda lesidlo sakusihlwa ezindaweni zamanje ezifana ne-Spruce, SPQR, kanye ne-Slanted Door. Uma usohlelweni oluqinile futhi ufuna ukwenza okungaphezu kokujabulisa amehlo akho kwenye yezindawo ezishisayo zedolobha, cabanga ngesidlo sasemini. Izindawo zokudlela eziningi eziphezulu zivulwa phakathi nesonto ngesidlo sasemini (kuhlanganise nalezo ezishiwo ngenhla), lapho ukubhukha kulula kakhulu ukukuthola. Enye inketho izihlalo zebha. Izindawo zokudlela ezifana ne-Postrio, i-Absinthe, ne-Citizen Cake zigcina izihlalo kubha zivulekele ukungena, futhi uzothola iminikelo eminingi efanayo njengemenyu yesidlo sakusihlwa.
5. Izimoto zamakhebula, azikho izixuku. Iningi labafikayo (ngisho nabaningi bendawo) bacabanga ukuthi okuwukuphela kwendlela yokugibela imoto yekhebula ukuma emgqeni odumile e-Ghirardelli Square noma ku-Powell Street. Abangaphakathi bayazi ukuthi uma uhamba amabhulokhi ambalwa, ngokuvamile uzozithola umile wedwa kunoma iyiphi indawo yokuma yekhebula ekhuphukayo emzileni. Imigqa ye-Powell-Hyde kanye ne-Powell-Mason yomibili iqala ku-Market Street eduze ne-Union Square futhi iphelele e-Fisherman's Wharf. Kodwa uma umgomo wakho kuwukuzwa nje umsindo, umsindo, umsindo wensimbi njengoba ulenga amabhodi agijimayo, isitayela sikaDoris Day, ugibele ulayini waseCalifornia Street, lapho ungeke ubhekane nokulinda—ngisho noma Ihora eli jahekile.
6. I-Alcatraz ilufanele uhambo. Ijele laseMelika elidume kabi kakhulu lingenye yezindawo ezivakashelwa kakhulu eCalifornia, futhi kufanele libonwe kunoma yisiphi isivakashi sokuqala. Noma uhambo luhlinzekwa njalo usuku lonke, izikebhe zigcwala ngokushesha, ngakho bhukha kusenesikhathi (ungakwenza ku-inthanethi nge-www.alcatrazcruises.com, noma uye ku-Pier 33 into yokuqala ekuseni). Ukuze uthole ukwesabeka okwengeziwe, cabanga ngohambo lwasebusuku, olusuka e-Fisherman's Wharf ngo-4:30 pm; futhi uqiniseke ukuthi uzovakashela ukuvakasha komsindo we-cellhouse ($8), ukulandisa okuthakazelisayo okunezinganekwane ezithi "The Rock" ezixoxwa ngonogada bangaphambili neziboshwa.
7. Ungayibizi ngeFrisco, namanye amacebo awusizo. Kulingeka noma kungaba njalo, gwema ukulibiza ngokuthi “Frisco” noma “San Fran” noma ngokuyisisekelo noma iyiphi i-moniker efushanisiwe. Kunegama elilodwa kuphela elamukelekayo le-shorthand le-San Francisco futhi elithi "Idolobha" - isihloko esingahluleki neze ukungena ngaphansi kwesikhumba se-Los Angelenos.
Nalu olunye ulimi lwendawo nolwazi olungakusiza ukuthi uzulazule:
• Alukho ulwandle eNorth Beach - leyo ngxenye yetheku yayigcwele kudala inhlabathi kanye nemikhumbi ye-Gold Rush.
• I-Monster Park ayiyona ipaki yetimu eyesabekayo yezingane noma indawo lapho yenzela khona imibuthano yamaloli, kodwa igama lenkundla yebhola yedolobha.
• I-Cioppino (chu-peen-o) isitshulu sezinhlanzi zasolwandle esine-brothy esenziwe nge-Dungeness crab kanye nezinye izimbaza okuthiwa zasungulwa e-Fisherman's Wharf.
• I-SoMa isifinyezo sendawo eseNingizimu ye-Market Street.
• IJunipero Serra ibizwa ngokuthi i-Hoo-nip-a-ro Serra; nguGough Street, njengasekukhwehleleni; futhi i-Ghirardelli kushiwo ngo-"g" oqinile, njengokuhamba.
Futhi uma ufuna ngempela ukujwayelana nabantu bendawo, unga:
• Gcoba ibhodlela lakho lamanzi kudoti (akukona nje kuphela ukuthi idolobha livimbele amanzi asebhodleleni asetshenziswa kanye emahhovisi kahulumeni wasekhaya nasezikhungweni, kodwa ukugaywa kabusha kuyinkolo kulezi zingxenye).
• Phuza i-Starbucks (i-Peet's iyisitolo sokuqala sekhofi sasekhaya).
• Thenga inkalankala yakho endaweni yokuma e-Fisherman's Wharf (ungayithola eshibhile futhi ibe yintsha ngokufika ekhawunteni e-Swan's Oyster Depot ku-Polk Street).
8. F Line Streetcars. Ungakwazi ukukhipha izizumbulu zemali ngebhasi leGreyline, noma ungagxumela kwenye yezimoto zasemgwaqweni ze-F-Line zase-San Francisco zakudala, futhi ngo-$1.50 uthathe uhambo oluhle lwedolobha kanye ne-Fisherman's Wharf ngesitimela. Imikhumbi yomlando kanye nemibalabala ehamba phezulu naphansi kwe-Market Street ekuqaleni yayivela ezindaweni ezifana ne-Hamburg, i-Blackpool, i-Milan, i-Philly, ne-Paris. Izimoto zibuyiselwe ngothando futhi ngayinye isenazo izimpawu kanye nemininingwane yomklamo wedolobha lakubo. Kufana nesifundo esiqhubekayo emlandweni wezokuthutha ngobuningi.
9. Ekufuneni ukubukwa okungcono kakhulu. Kunamaphoyinti amaningi amahle ongangena kuwo esibhakabhakeni sase-San Francisco, kodwa uma ubhekisa amabombo kwakwesokudla, uthola ukubukwa ngaphandle kwendimbane yokubuka ikhamera. Ngasenyakatho nje ye-Twin Peaks, i-Tank Hill iyindawo eyimfihlo yokubukwa kwe-panoramic ye-Golden Gate Bridge, yedolobha kanye ne-Bay. Qala phezulu ku-Stanyan Street, hamba kwesokunxele e-Belgrave Park, bese ukhuphuka umgwaqo owubhuqu. Bese ulungele ukuhefuzela.
Ehlangothini olusentshonalanga yedolobha, i-Grand View Park iyifindo elivunguzayo elihehayo elingavamile ukuvakashelwa, ngaphandle kwe-triathlete ephambukayo ekuqeqesheni. Njengoba ibekwe phezulu ezitebhisini eziwumqansa ku-14th Avenue naku-Noriega Street, leli paki lizidla ngokubuka imibukiso yazo zombili i-Pacific ne-Bay.
10. Izwe lewayini elifinyeleleka kalula. Izindawo zewayini ezidume umhlaba wonke ze-Napa ne-Sonoma zisendaweni eyihora nje enyakatho ye-San Francisco, kodwa uma uhlela intambama yokunambitha iwayini—futhi ungakhumbula kuphela ama-S amane okuqala amahlanu ku-“Bona, Smell, Sip, Swirl, and Spit”—ungase uthande ukucabanga ngomshayeli oqokiwe. Idlanzana labaqhubi bendawo (Beau Wine Tours; SFO Limousine; California Wine Tours) bahlinzeka ngohambo lwe-limousine ezweni lewayini; abaningi bazokulanda ehhotela lakho lase-San Francisco, noma esikhumulweni semikhumbi e-Vallejo eseduze.
Ngokuzitika okungenacala, cabanga uhambo lokuhamba nge-Wine Country Trekking, olunikeza uhambo lwezinsuku eziningi lwe-inn-to-inn kanye nohambo lokuhamba ngezinyawo lwe-winery-to-winery e-Sonoma. Uhambo luhlanganisa izindawo zokuma endleleni yokubuka indawo, iwayini langasese kanye nokunambitha ushizi, kanye nezidlo zasemini ezimnandi nezidlo zakusihlwa.
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