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My vacation

Summer 2012. My vacation. San Francisco. Lombard Street. “The Crookedest Street” Constructed in 1922 Eight turns Approximately 250 steps on each side 16% hill downgrade. Pier 39. Popular tourist attraction Home of Harbor Seals Many eateries including Bubba Gump Shrimp

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My vacation

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  1. Summer 2012 My vacation

  2. San Francisco

  3. Lombard Street • “The Crookedest Street” • Constructed in 1922 • Eight turns • Approximately 250 steps on each side • 16% hill downgrade

  4. Pier 39 • Popular tourist attraction • Home of Harbor Seals • Many eateries including Bubba Gump Shrimp • Aquarium of the Bay • Shops and bakeries • Boat cruises and Bay tours

  5. Fisherman’s Warf • Has street performers • “The Bushman” who hides behind shrubs and jumps out and scares tourists • The Wax Museum • Ripley’s Believe it or Not museum • Vendors

  6. Alcatraz / The Rock • Federal Penitentiary • Inmates were granted one visit per month • Highest inmate count was 302 • Only 2 inmates successfully escaped and were never found

  7. Chinatown • Birthplace of the fortune cookie • TienHau Temple – oldest temple (1852) • Many vendors • Largest Chinese community outside Asia • The 2000 Census reported 100,574 residents

  8. Works Cited • http://www.sfcityguides.org/public_guidelines.html?article=1012&submitted=TRUE&srch_text&submitted2&topic=neighborhoods • http://www.gothereguide.com/fishermans+wharf+san+francisco-place/ • http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/factsnfig.htm • http://www.gothereguide.com/chinatown+san+francisco-place/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_San_Francisco

  9. I forgot to add my chart (which has nothing to do with my vacation, but I included it anyway).

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