We have been walking and eating our way around town for the last two days. Yesterday Ray and Gary took us walking on the San Bruno mountain ridge nearby, providing great views of the city and the bay, and then over the Golden Gate Bridge to the Marin headland for more views.
Today Geoff and I took a guided walking tour around the Fishermans Wharf district and then wandered around other parts of the downtown area. We had seen a lot the standard sights on previous visits - the Castro, Haight Ashbury, Berkeley etc - so we just followed our noses a bit today, making sure to include a stop at the Mr Holmes bakery recommended by Beth Wooldridge.
Commuting on the double decker trains from San Mateo into the downtown area is reminiscent of Sydney, but the carriages here have a strange top level of two rows of single seats separated by an open atrium - a bit weird and inefficient we thought. On the other hand they all have great bike compartments.