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A comfortable-looking room we didn't spend much time in. Maybe I should have played the piano?

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The front room/front desk of the B&B.

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At the cable car turnaround at Market & Powell streets. The poor driver has to physically turn the car around!

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A good head-on shot of the cable car. We had to wait for a few more to actually ride, though.

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While we waited, these guys were tap dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller, which is exactly as awesome as it sounds.

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In a cable car, the operator has to grip one lever to attach to the moving cable, and a different one to brake. Coming to a full stop seemed to take two or three hard squeezes which was a little frightening.

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A view from the top of Lombard Street, which is amazingly steep.

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Near Fisherman's Wharf, we stopped by a sock shop we had read about. I was devastated to find that it was closed :-(

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David wearing a curiously appropriate shirt to be visiting a spy shop!

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A map of Alcatraz Island, which is our next stop.

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From the Alcatraz Ferry, a view of the Oakland Bay Bridge as well as a ginormous cruise ship.

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A view of San Francisco from the bay.

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Arriving at Alcatraz Island!

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This is Alcatraz's version of "Welcome!" sign.

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Me below a giant guard tower.

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David in front of some cells. The audiotour was very informative!