Murals, Spanish mission, Queen Anne house part 1

One of the things San Fransisco is noted for are the murals painted on walls and buildings in lots of areas, but mainly in an area called Mission where there has always been a high concentration of Hispanic people .   It took me a walk and 2 buses and a walk to get there which, although took about an hour,  was quite interesting. I was underwhelmed though by having to wait 20 minutes for the 2nd bus in a less than salubrious neighbourhood.  There is a particular street that has a lot of murals, many with a great deal of detail of, Eg people that was lost on me.  Mostly protesting against injustices to minority groups. See photo below.


Next stop was a wool shop, a bus and walk away, though the walk was broken by a stop for delicious freshly squeezed veggie juice. I thought  I was being very good when remembering to ask for the bathroom rather than loo or whatever else we ausiess say. I was gently corrected when the lady said ' the restroom is over there' , with the emphasis on rest. How ridiculous. I no more intended on resting than having a bath. Any way, the wool shop was amazing.  Bigger than any wool shop I have seen in my life. There was a huge range of yarns, a huge range of books, a huge range of bits and bobs.  There were 3 people serving customers and another lady who seemed to be the boss. I bought a ball of wool for the project I have bought with me. If it had been my last stop before returning to tiny Cbr, I would have bought some books at least.

Next stop was Mission Dolores.
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I left this account and went to dinner at 5.45. I had intended on just getting a quick ish  meal. However I have just returned and it is 8.30. I got talked into a glass of wine  -because it was before 6pm he said it would cost me $7 instead of $12- and a dish of cioppino, a sort of fish stew which had heaps of all sorts of delicious seafood, but took ages to eat, the crab bits were huge, very messy. I also spent longer than I intended because I got talking to 2 local guys sitting at the bar near me. One of the interesting things I learnt from the bar man is that right across all of the hospitality trade in SF numbers of tourists are about 50% of normal for this time of year. He said Europeans are not coming because they are afraid of what might happen with Mr Trump at the helm.  Now I want to play with my new wool and will write part 2 tomorrow.