正如早就计划的那样,经历了美联航这样垃圾的航空公司12个小时的摧残我们安全的降落在加利福尼亚旧金山国际机场。出关很简单很容易,几个问题就放行,没有传说中的拷问。离开机场,在高速上飞驰,黄色的原野和冰冷的空气告诉我们这座西部城市的独特魅力。就我的感觉,这里很像是西班牙,而导游的一句话也证实了我的猜想:旧金山——正如其正式的名字“圣·弗朗西斯科”(San Francisco),是西班牙人因思乡而建造的城市,而旧金山本身也不是一座孤立的城市,它临近一大串含“圣”的小城镇,包括50多个下属县市。
旧金山的气候是地中海气候,夏天较冷,大约是因为加拿大的冰川将融雪注入洋湾,导致在这样的盛夏人们不得不穿着棉衣顶着15度气温和海风前行。而在其南部数百公里的洛杉矶则要热得多了。
说到旧金山的“旧”,其实本来它称为“金山”,只是因为后来兴起了一座新的金山——澳大利亚墨尔本的金矿,所以移民就把“旧的”金山称为旧金山了……而华人如此强大,使得这里的唐人街属于全美最大的唐人区之一,孙中山的著作中多次提到这座城市,如今华人约占当地人口12%左右。
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旧金山的出租车,有些使用很老很有腔调的水星牌(Mercury)。
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旧金山的市政中心由宏伟的联邦大厦、州政府与市政厅等建筑群所组成,以凡尼斯大道(Van Ness Ave.)为中心,延伸到马克艾利斯特(McAllister)、富尔顿(Fulton)及葛罗夫(Grove)等大街。
市政厅前的四神像,有点像悉尼的四神像,只是主神应该是雅典娜。
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宏伟的市政厅,顶部金碧辉煌。
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今天我们运气不错,遇到了在这里举行结婚仪式的一对俄罗斯裔新人。
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两位伴娘也很美丽。
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还有另一对来拍情侣写真。
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市政大厅金碧辉煌。
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含情脉脉的新人。正统的东正教家庭对结婚还是很重视的。
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祝福你们永远幸福。
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星条旗的蓝色天空。
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附近的亚洲艺术馆,正在展出以“上海”为主题的艺术品。
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1937年,旧金山建成横跨金门海峡的金门桥(Golden Gate Bridge),总长2737米,两个主桥墩有65层楼高,主桥墩之间的距离为1280米。当初为了建这座桥,共用了2.4万吨钢缆。大桥气势宏伟、外形壮观、色调独特,是旧金山的标志之一。这座桥甚至因为风景秀丽而导致总计一千二百人从此跳峡自尽…… 😀
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每块砖都写着捐献者的名字,每块的字体都是独一无二。
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远望绵延的旧金山城。
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从不同的角度观望金门大桥,每张都有不同的感觉。
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花街是旧金山的一大特色。由于多山的地貌,旧金山很多地方街道仰角超过30度,行车困难,而从浪巴街到利文街这一段是一个非常大的下坡,市政当局为了防止交通事故,特意修筑了九曲的花坛,车行至此,只能忽左忽右盘旋而下,时速超不过5英里,因此这段街道有“世界上最弯曲的街道”之称。
在旧金山泊车,那是必须有水平才行,比如这辆阿尔法罗密欧,很担心它就这样滑下坡去……
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俯瞰下城,有种凌乱的美。
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著名的花街,车辆在花团锦簇中蜿蜒而下,不能不感慨当地社区和交通部门为了行车安全而做的奇思妙想。前排黄色小车是旧金山特有的可供租用的三轮小摩托。
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时差还没倒过来,晕头转向回到Hotel Courtyard Marriott旅馆。旅馆门口的Oyster Point Waterfront竟然也风景如画。而这两棵门前棕榈树,甚至让我不由得想起了St Kilda……
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旅行还没有结束,工作才刚刚开始,旧金山这座有历史的城市,留待我们的还有唐人街、意大利街、渔人码头、市场街、联合广场等。
旧金山城市中心是我们的工作地。
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工作完毕,美食不可少。
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顺便逛一下街。
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旧金山的老式观光电车,跟墨尔本的很像。
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旧金山的街花,颇具特色。
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美帝的天空,湛蓝湛蓝的。
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也有为生活所迫肯定不快乐的她。
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和练摊儿的他。
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时尚潮人们出没于大街。
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而以下照片,是我坚守岗位时其他同事揣着一只小相机至旧金山渔人码头(Fisherman's Wharf)吃喝时所拍。虽然我没有去,但是看到照片也很欣慰,取得七张,加以修正后贴出。
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USS“Pampanito”(SS-383)号潜艇(链接)与“Jeremiah O'Brien”号自由轮(链接),曾有过辉煌的过去,如今陈列在这里。
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而有时候,美景不需要好相机,比如另一个同事新买的HTC Diamond手机所拍,经过我的调整后,让人感到胶片般的惊喜……
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最后一日,在市中心短暂停留。中午时分,溜出去与一个网友见面欢聚。
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中国城,上有孙中山手书“天下为公”。
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在FB上我写道:“In SF, I found that everything here is like in MEL. I recalled my old time and missed that life so much.”
2伴娘,好看!
@夏夏//嘻嘻
祝福你们永远幸福,就像我们一样
在文章里看到这句,我们?哈哈哈
@Betty好吧你又眼尖了……虽然几经删改,总有些漏网之鱼……
看到你的回复,我又特地去看了一下你是否改掉或者删除
结果发现……兄弟啊,“祝福你们永远幸福,就像曾经的们一样”
这个“们”之前漏个字吧?你粗心地很调皮哦,亲!
以及,你的评论回复系统貌似罢工了?我想着给你的几篇评论没道理你不回,人工过来看了下,发现其实都回了……
@Betty呵呵我故意的呀,因为没法写具体哪些人了……
关于评论系统真是心灵感应了我也刚好想问你是不是能收到我的回复。话说我用的是comment reply notification这个插件,不知道你用的是否此款?另外你的垃圾邮件里有吗?
@Betty现在应该好了吧~
又读完了。很羡慕博主,边工作边游玩,还能品尝各地美食,呵呵。
@ASOUTthanks. that was long long tome ago...