Fantastic art is one of our favourite things about San Francisco and the De Young Museum is great place to experience it. Not only is there an extensive and impressive collection of American, African and Oceanic art but it has a distinctive contemporary building and a wonderful location in Golden Gate Park which it has taken advantage of with this sculpture filled garden. Have a drink in the cafe and enjoy the views like we did on a sunny San Francisco day.
Entering the colourful world of Chinatown in Vancouver.
Some people misunderstand our constant wandering. They think we are in search of a home, a perfect corner of the world where we’ll eventually settle down. The truth is that we have no such quest – for now we are perfectly happy with our nomadic lives and have no desire to choose just one place to base ourselves. Still, if pushed, we’d agree that of everywhere we’ve been the one place it wouldn’t be a hardship to settle in would be San Francisco. It’s almost perfect for us (if only it was in the tropics and not so expensive) and here’s why.
Vancouver seems to have it all: the sea and mountains on its doorstep, expansive green spaces right in the city centre, friendly chilled-out people, multi-cultural food, shimmering highrises and plenty to do. We spent a week in the city while attending the TBEX travel bloggers conference, and although most of our time was spent socialising with other travel bloggers we did try to see as much as possible of this beautiful city.
Our favourite area of San Francisco is The Mission where you find whole streets dedicated to colourful detailed street art. This mural was one of many in Clarion Alley.