B and I spent 3 days in the Bay Area and had a GREAT time. I’d been there before, to visit my roommate Caitlin (who now lives in Denver – remember when I visited her a few months ago?) but never spent too much time sightseeing, so exploring the area with B was awesome. And as we tend to do on vacations, we spent most of our time walking around, running around and exploring the city by foot as much as possible. Here’s what we ended up doing:

We stayed in Union Square, which was perfect. Our hotel even had a free sherry and tea happy hour each night which we took advantage of.

Lunching in Sausalito

Driving down Lombard Street

driving down Lombard !! https://t.co/Suh3XSM512

— Melissa Koski Carney (@koskim) September 8, 2013

Walking / running around Fisherman’s Wharf

Seeing the sea lions

Lazy San Francisco sea lions #tourist https://t.co/xhpwNJU2nC

— Melissa Koski Carney (@koskim) September 9, 2013

Loving the free chocolate sample at Ghirardelli Square – and then enjoying an awesome salted caramel hot cocoa

Hiking around the Haight, including up the famous Full House hill/park

Climbing up Coit Tower and catching the incredible views of the city and the Bay

Dining in Chinatown!

Tasting beers at the 21^st Amendment and then watching a Giants Game – and a win in Extra Innings!

And that was just one full day (well 1.5ish days). Yup, we do it big and walked A TON (in addition to our training runs) to see as much as we could around the city. Stay tuned for San Fran, part two!