Pizza with Parrots II

Pizza with Parrots (part II)

San Francisco Chinatown will most likely catch you off guard. You might even start to believe that you caught a quick plane ride to Hong Kong. The streets are packed with food vendors, music, and people trying to get you to buy things. It's quite an experience essential to the North Beach trip. Continue walking until you get to Columbus street and start walking north. You can feel the raw energy of San Francisco. If you look to the skies you can find the well-known TransAmerica building, a SF staple. Keep walking north and you will cross Broadway Street where the lively strip clubs, neon signs and music will let you know you are close to North Beach. The switch is a very subtle switch in the lamp posts and their Italian flag colors. Before you know it you are in the middle of Italy (North Beach) ready to grab a slice of pizza with a side of gellotto and espresso. It's best to walk the streets until you smell something that is just right, grab your food to go and head over to Jackson Square Park where you will be greeted by dogs, benches, and a grand view of the Catholic Cathedral. North Beach at it's finest.

Now, if you are like me and are always trying to explore more there is a tropical secret hanging out very close by. It requires a bit of hill climbing but in my opinion it is well worth it. Follow the signs Northeast towards Coit Tower. The hike up the hill is no joke, but this gives you a chance to work off that pizza. When you reach the top you will get an amazing view of the Bay Bridge and Alcatraz, but the real reason I bring you to this spot is for the colorful parrots in the trees. If you pay close attention to the birds above you, you will start to notice the playful parrots flying all around you. I learned about from a documentary called "The Parrots of Telegraph Hill,", an amazing story that I highly recommend. 
Hope you enjoyed the trip, 'til next time. 

-Breesy