Joan of Arc on horseback
Statue of El Cid
the museum from a different perspective
Closing time!
For a limited period only!
whee!
That's all for the Legion folks!
On the road from town to the park
complete with authentic graffiti
Here we are at the east end of the golden gate park
It is a rather huge park to begin with
lotsa walking to do
The park's rather sparse
The John F Kennedy drive serving the park
many statues along the common paths
the park's home to many establishments
such as the Conservatory of flowers
The front gardens
it's essentially a nursery and greenhouse
and houses a collection of rare and exotic plants
winter planters by the conservatory
The flower beds in winter
tick tock!
built in 1878...
it remains the oldest building in the park
carrying on west into the park
not many plants out in december winter
moving on to open plains
The Music concourse
It's an open garden
decked out with monuments
the concourse fountain
and surrounding art show
the de young in the background
digging the cool trees here
which are mostly London plane and Scotch elm
history of the concourse
a Taiqi group in the gardens
sword Taiqi!
The Music Concourse Bandshell
aka the Spreckels Temple of Music
mmm chowder.... :P
view from the temple
overlooking the de young museum
Look Ludwig van Beethoven!
The temple and seats in place
California academy of sciences, Steinhart Aquarium and Morrison Planetarium
one of the largest natural history museums in US
it's opened in September 2008 designed by Renzo Piano
Roman Gladiator commemorates the excavation of the Music Concourse in 1893