Lombard Street

This is the most amazing and quizzical street ever. Swooshing back and forth it's almost like a death sentence. It's sharp and amazing turns almost got us but luckily we made it through without a bump or a scratch. Gladly we stopped so i could take a picture of what we had accomplished the most magnifying street in the whole world. May you have as much luck as I had going down that crazy amazing street.

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Driving in San Francisco, with the steep hills, blind intersections and streets shared with cyclists, pedestrians, and cable cars, feels like being on an amusement park ride. As you crest the hill at Lombard Street, you realize the worst is yet to come. Known as “the crookedest street in the world," it starts with 8 zigzag turns down an impossibly steep hill. You join the parade of vehicles, mostly tourists, slowly creeping around the curves, riding the brakes at all times. You ogle at the houses built into the hillside, and pity the residents for whom this is a daily maneuver. Finally you come out of the last twist, cruise to the bottom and turn back to see the never-ending line of cars still snaking through the turns like a slow-motion luge.

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