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    • Walking across the Golden Gate Bridge
    • Strolling the Embarcadero and visiting the historic Ferry Building
    • Admiring the turn of the century style homes in Nob Hill
    • Visiting famous film locations from such movies as Mrs. Doubtfire and Dirty Harry
    • Taking a guided tour of Alcatraz prison
    • Visiting City Lights Bookstore, a favorite haunt of 1950s beats writers
    • Touring the Presidio, with its extensive military history
    • Walking through the largest Chinatown outside of Asia and learning the history of Chinese people in San Francisco
    • Attending a performance of Beach Blanket Babylon, the world's longest running musical revue 
    • Learning about LGBT culture and presence in San Francisco, and visiting historic sights such as Castro Camera, where Harvey Milk used to work before he became the state's first openly gay city supervisor

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