Take me out to the ball game!

 

We took the bus and historic streetcar (see further below) to Ferry Plaza, where every Saturday a large farmers' market with 100+ vendors takes place in front and on the back of the Ferry Building. Lots of local farmers and producers sell their products then.

First, on our way to the building (in the background), we passed a newly set up impressive statue: Marco Cochrane's 45-ft-tall metal sculpture of a nude woman, "R-Evolution", on Embarcadero Plaza.

Breakfast consisted of fresh baking goods from the market and coffee, enjoyed in the sun, early morning, before we bought some provisions - bread and cheese - for dinner.

 

 

After breakfast and shopping we walked along the waterfront (Embarcadero) with its old piers, which are mostly converted and are differently used, e.g. Pier 27 as the cruiseship harbor:

Pier 39 (below), probably the most touristic and most frequented part of town with all its entertaiment, food, shops etc.

View from Pier 39 towards Fisherman's Wharf with its new Ferris Wheel:

Sea Lions are still there - stretched out leisurely on the planks of Pier 39:

View towards the other direction, Telegraph Hill (center) the Salesforce Center (highest building in SF?) and the Pyramid (more on that tomorrow, right).

The historic Streetcar - F Line - brought us back to the Ferry Building, later by bus to Oracle Stadium in China Basin to watch a baseball game of the local SF Giants : Colorado Rockies. The ballpark is in such a great location, views towards the bay, just gorgeous. The weather was beautiful, the game was good, and, the Giants won!

After the game we walked south, passing the Port of San Francisco, towards Mission Bay, to check out a couple of newly designed parks like the one above, closeby the ballpark. China Basin and (further south) Mission Bay are headquarters to many big companies like Uber, Visa, Open KI and other big tech companies, but there are also modern residential  buildings. Also, the Chase Center (professional basketball, Golden State Warriors) is located here (photo below, right).

It was a beautiful walk along the waterfront to the south! Took the streetcar back to SoMa (South of Market Street) to stop at Yerba Buena Gardens, a cultural park with concert hall, gallery, children's museum, movie theaters, gardens and more.

At one end of the park stands the fantastic SFMOMA, the Museum of Modern Art, in a beutiful building designed by Mario Botta (1995) and expanded by the famous architecture firm Snøhetta in 2016.

Got tired, again: over 10 mi of walking, and had a nightcap at Black Hammer Brewery in SoMa before heading "home". Great IPA, good atmosphere, but really expensive!