San Francisco is in the State of California in the west of the United
States. It is near the Pacific Ocean. People think it is the capital of
California, but it isn't.
First, people from Spain lived there. Today, Austrians, Italians,
Chinese and others live in the city with Americans.
The Chinese live in Chinatown. There are many Chinese restaurants there.
The houses, post boxes and telephones in the streets are very interesting. This
part of the town is exactly like China. Fisherman’s Wharf is another place
where tourists want to go. You can find a table in a nice little restaurant
near the sea there. You can eat sea food and look at the Golden Gate Bridge.
You can watch the ships passing under it and the cars crossing it. The Golden
Gate Bridge is the symbol of San Francisco.
After you finish your meal, you can take a boat trip to Alcatraz.
Alcatraz was a famous prison between 1866 and 1920, but only tourists go there
now.
San Francisco is different from other American cities. It is more
European. The sun always shines there and are a lot of things you can do at
night - you can go to the nightclubs, discos, restaurants, cinemas and
theatres. That's why a lot of young people want to live in San Francisco.
