San Francisco: Japanese Tea Garden

School is about to start. Hopefully this will be the end of the "School" phase in my life. It has lasted way too long. 

We have realized that we may not be in The Bay Area for too long. We may have to move agaaaain this summer. So we have been trying to explore while I'm still on break. We heard that the Japanese Tea Garden at the amazing Golden Gate Park is free on some weekday mornings! So we woke up bright and early and headed downtown. Parking in the park is super easy and free, so instead of taking countless trains and buses like we used to do, we decided to drive, and it was so easy! We will never ever ever take public transportation to the park again. 

(Note: I knit the scarf that I am wearing in these pics! :D )

The garden is small and quiet, but beautiful. The day was the coldest its been this winter, but we had the sun and some warm tea to keep us toasty. We also had some tiny sandwiches that would stick to the roof of your mouth and some edamame beans from the Tea House.  

There was this funny bridge that you actually have to climb on to. I would go to that place just to climb up and down the bridge! Thanks Japanese Tea Garden for thinking about childish adults! 

HA! Alexei's shirt has flowers on it!!! Look! 

 And here I am, as usual, disturbing the peace. 

We also walked around the Golden Gate Park a bit. We were walking to a crosswalk at a stop sign when he heard a tiny, small, faint "boom" and then saw a guy get out of a car and start YELLING at the window from the car behind him. I thought about how terrible of a person that guy was for becoming such a beast about such a tiny bump, and then I just kept on walking and trying to mind my business. Then the person from the other car got out, and I noticed that it was a very old man (at least 80) who was shaking and confused as he got yelled at. The younger guy was demanding insurance and registration and all sorts of things even though the cars hadn't even gotten a scratch, and the old man kept on nervously dropping everything to the ground. I couldn't stand that. Who did that guy think he was treating a person at least 2 times his age like that?! We walked over and asked the old man if he was alright, as the younger guy yelled at us to mind or own business. We helped the old man get his papers out for the terrible one to snap pictures of, and then we stayed until the mean guy left and the old man had calmed down a bit. We were a bit shaken up from the experience, but the man ended up being fine, and we just walked around and explored some more.

Then we left the park and drove around the city a bit, and visited Alamo Square, where we saw the famous painted ladies and where Alexei got a headache from me humming the Full House opening song over and over again. We did a little business at the playground and headed home tired and happy. 

The End!