| San Francisco is one of my favorite cities in | | | | |
| the world. I grew up there from age 8 to 18 | | | | San Francisco has two large parks, Golden |
| and have lived in the Bay Area off and on for | | | | Gate Park and the Presidio. Until a few years |
| several years since. I never get tired of it! | | | | ago, the Presidio was an army base - now it's |
| | | | a national historic park. The Presidio is |
| San Francisco is a world-famous city located | | | | filled with Eucalyptus trees, which were |
| on the Pacific Coast in northern California. | | | | imported from Australia in the 19th century |
| It lies on the northern tip of a peninsula | | | | to make railroad tracks. When found |
| which runs along the west side of the San | | | | unsuitable for this task, they were planted |
| Francisco Bay. To the north of San Francisco | | | | instead. Golden Gate Park is also quite |
| lies the Golden Gate, a narrow stretch of | | | | beautiful. On Sunday some of the roads |
| seawater separating the city from Marin | | | | through the park are closed off for bikers |
| County. The Golden Gate Bridge connects San | | | | and roller skaters. |
| Francisco to Marin. To the west lies the | | | | |
| Pacific Ocean and to the south lies South San | | | | One of my favorite parts of San Francisco is |
| Francisco and Daly City. | | | | the Embarcadero, which lies on the northeast |
| | | | corner of the city. A few years ago, an ugly |
| San Francisco has a huge Asian population. | | | | freeway there was torn down, now providing a |
| Many of them moved to Chinatown about 100 | | | | spectacular view of the Bay Bridge and the |
| years ago, located downtown. Chinatown has | | | | East Bay. The Embarcadero has a large |
| lots of great restaurants and "schlock | | | | shopping center with four buildings. One can |
| shops". The more recent Chinese immigrants | | | | walk along a walkway through all the |
| moved further west, to the Richmond and | | | | buildings and past several modern sculptures. |
| Sunset districts near the ocean. | | | | |