We take a day to be true and unashamed ~tourists~ in San Francisco! We bring you to the most popular places in the city that are known to locals as "tourist traps" including the Golden Gate Bridge, the Palace of Fine Arts, Pier 39, and the Painted Ladies! While most were AMAZING, one was NOT.
About Us: A Texan and Marylander join forces in travel and exploration to form: PEREGRINATION TRAVEL! We are Zach and Leah, a couple most recently residing in Texas who decided to quit everything and go on an adventure around the world in February of 2019. Our goal is to reach all 7 continents. That's right. ALL SEVEN CONTINENTS. Join us on this crazy adventure, and hopefully, you'll be inspired to start your own unique journey. Life is a Peregrination, we're all on one!
What's up, P Nation?
Today, we're at the Golden Gate Bridge.
What's up, P Nation?
Today, we're going to do the most touristy things in San Francisco.
We're hitting up the Golden Gate Bridge.
We're going to Pier 39, and I think we're going to go see the Painted Ladies,
the most tourist things you can possibly do in San Francisco.
Oh, the wind.
Oh, no.
So this might be a very windy video, but we have just made it to Presidio Park,
which is a 1,500-acre park that used to be a former military base,
but now is pretty much like an arts complex.
They have museums, like the Walt Disney Family Museum is here,
and they just have a bunch of, like, sports fields,
and it's really just used for art and recreation now.
It's a gigantic park.
It's kind of crazy how big it is,
and it leads right up to the Golden Gate Bridge,
so that's where we parked, and now we're going to go on the bridge.
I didn't realize it was this windy today.
It's so nice out, but once you're right by the bay,
I mean, that's why they built this bridge,
because it's, like, super dangerous over here.
So who knows how windy it is?
Hopefully, you can hear us, but we'll see.
What the heck?
Sardos in San Francisco.
So many, I don't even know what I'm looking at right now.
What is that?
It is quite chilly.
Zach barely has a jacket on.
I have two jackets on.
I don't know how he's going to do it.
I'm pretty sure it's straight.
You guys, this is absolutely breathtaking already.
You can see the sailboats in the bay.
It's such a clear day.
I just can't believe it.
I thought it'd be super foggy here today,
but, like, even that mountain over there,
it's crazy how clear it is today.
I am so excited to cross the bridge.
It becomes so hot, and as soon as you get into the wind,
you're like, oh, my God, it's the Arctic.
Brutal. Be real. This is the Tauros.
Okay, this is not my favorite thing.
It's, like, way too loud right now by the noise in the car,
bicyclists, and the people walking.
You have to maintain your, like, six-feet distance.
So this is just a little much right now,
but the view is amazing,
and I get why this is, like, on the list
of things you have to do because it is truly beautiful.
And we just made it across. You exhausted?
I'm, like, emotionally exhausted.
Maybe that explains it.
I've never had someone be so, like,
ugh, I don't want to be here.
I've brought in so many people here,
probably, like, four or five different people,
and every person I brought is, like,
I don't want to come back, but I keep coming back.
It's just so grand.
Like, I don't care if there's loud noises.
Like, the view is amazing. It's free.
Like, honestly.
You must not have, like, noise sensitivity.
Oh, true. You know what I mean?
Because, like, as we were walking back,
I was just like, I hate this, but, like, it's beautiful.
It's beautiful. You need earphones in.
I've done it once, like, just listening to Adele,
like, dramatic music and looking at the scenery.
It's like, I mean, it was a feat when it was built in 1933.
A lot of people died building it.
Like, it's huge. It's big for a reason.
It put San Francisco on the map, but I'm glad we did it.
This is more Leah's speed.
This park is going to be where we're going to be hiking later.
We're just going to, like, drive here.
You're going to hike. You can see the bridge.
It's fine. You don't have to deal with all the cars.
It's going to be great, but right now,
we're going to go to the oasis of the city,
in my opinion, anyways.
And just like that, we have come down the hill,
and we have made it to the Palace of Fine Arts.
I just saw someone go by on a skateboard with, like, a pole.
That's, I just, I just love San Francisco.
It's so different. It's okay to be different.
I don't even know what I'm looking at.
These houses around us are beautiful.
Do you love this neighborhood?
It seems very, like, I don't know,
a little bit more, like, French-y.
Ooh. Does that make sense?
I don't know. That does.
And Leah's never been to the Palace of Fine Arts,
but what do you think?
That's it?
This is the oasis in the city.
Okay.
Because when you said that, I was like,
what does that even mean?
What does an oasis in the city even mean?
Okay.
This is gorgeous.
What?
Does this not look like a painting?
How are there homes right next to this?
It's beautiful.
I just can't believe I didn't know this was here.
So, in the early 1900s,
San Francisco was just recovering from a big earthquake.
This was, like, right before World War I.
There was a lot of trouble happening in the world,
so leaders of San Francisco decided
they were going to make a monument
to bring together the world.
They had a very famous architect come in and design this.
It's supposed to invoke sadness,
and so if you take a look at, like,
the tops of some of the buildings,
there are these weeping ladies
because the world was in such turmoil
and sadness at the time.
So, it's kind of interesting to get some, you know,
backstory on the architecture.
I just think things like this are really interesting,
and they make, you know, San Francisco so unique.
So, this is really, really cool.
All right, now Liam's ready to go from the oasis
back to the big city, onto Pier 39.
Boom, just like that, we are at Pier 39.
I think I can hear some seals.
We're going to go to the end of the pier
and see if we can see any there.
I don't even know if this is open or what's going to be here,
but I'm just really excited to go back
to where I took Leah the first time we came to San Francisco.
Zach called me a birdwatcher.
He's the birdwatcher.
He's like, what is this?
It's a hummingbird.
They have so many hummingbirds
that are like actually local to San Francisco.
And I'm pretty sure that's a black-necked hummingbird.
So tiny.
What in the world?
Never in my 85 times coming here
have I ever seen all of these empty.
They're normally like swarming with seals.
Like, I don't know what's going on right now.
I mean, why aren't there any seals here?
I don't know.
You lied to me.
Just kidding.
I remember the only other time I've ever been here,
it was packed with seals.
I thought we heard them.
There's one right over there.
Let's go see it.
Yeah.
They got a bread bowl.
She's a birdwatcher today.
They're just farther in.
They must be cold.
I think they like to like,
this is probably not true.
I feel like they hold each other
or like get close to each other for body warmth,
even though they're like 90% blubber.
They're the dogs of the sea.
I just love to hear them bark.
I think it's so funny.
I just think it's so crazy.
Like, you could just walk out to your boat
and they're waiting for you.
Like, what if they stand in between you and your boat?
You just walk and they like go off.
That's crazy.
That's so cool.
I love sea lions.
All right.
And now it might not look cool around us,
but we are walking through the bakery,
which we came here in the first place for.
It's called Boudin?
Boudin Bakery?
And this is Boudin?
Boudin?
And as you can see,
they have all those things they're loading up behind us.
They send the bread out to everywhere across the city.
Like so many places.
We're gonna go buy ourselves a little bread.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
We got $4.74
All right, this sourdough is one of the main reasons I came to the city in the first place way back on the summer
I met Leah. Look at this thing. Oh my gosh
Mmm
Sourdough bread from San Francisco. It's like
It's probably my favorite thing about the city. That sourdough was good, but I stopped myself
So I won't eat the whole thing right now
But I definitely could do it and you have to watch our sourdough food tour because we're gonna eat like eight loaves of bread in
One day. Yeah, we are. Now we're going to the Painted Ladies
And as you can see all of a sudden it's gotten dark I think the fog rolled in and like
I don't even know but we're gonna try and do some laser light show or something
I don't really know my friend in San Francisco is gonna show us that we have just made it to the Painted Ladies
What do you think about this neighborhood? I'm thinking that it's really steep. I stalled out a few times
She drives a six shift and I'm like trying to be in this shot with you, but we're on a hill
Everything's making it so hard. Look, it's the Painted Ladies
They are so cute all of these homes in the same hood are
So colorfully decorated and just like so ornate. I just love ornate
I think it's really special. I just wish they were a little brighter in color
I think we've been so many tropical places like I want like green or purple or pink or something
I think it's very appropriate for like the north. I just think it's I think it's perfect
Goes with the fog and the grayness here
Okay
So now
Running over the Painted Ladies to the laser light show. All right, we're walking through the woods. I don't know where Daniel's taking us
It's really freaking dark. My biggest nightmare is getting stabbed by a homeless person in San Francisco from a needle
So hopefully this doesn't happen, but we're getting really I think we're here
This
Is like major woods forest disco vibes
This is super cool, it's just a temporary art installation that's here in the middle of the park
It was pitch black as we were walking up to it couldn't see a thing couldn't see we were stepping
We were like scared of people in the park and then you just come out to this field and there's all these beautiful bright lights
And this was the most touristic. Whoa, it's so bright San Francisco day. We did the bridge
Yep, we went to see the Painted Ladies and we went to Pier 39 all in one day
We're gonna have some great sourdough bread and now this amazing art installation. Thanks for watching
There's so much wind