Jean was there when our taxi pulled up and welcomed us with a smile before making sure that we had the door codes to get in. Showed us inside with our bags and cases, showed us through the whole house.
Everything was there and very neatly laid out. The house itself was very well presented and extremely neat.
The area itself felt very safe, even at night coming home after dark and going down to the shops after dark was never a problem. Very pleased the house and the area.. and the public transport right at the corner less than 10 minutes away and the bus that can get you into the city in about 30 minutes.
San Francisco has a wonderful and very frequent public transport system, with buses and streetcars seemingly just about everywhere you look and for a fixed$2:25 for a 90 minute time frame, you can travel on any of the public transport buses or streetcars in San Francisco. Only the Cable Cars in Powell and Mason streets charge $7:00 per one way trip, but the cable car ride down to San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz out in the Bay itself is one of the must do highlights that you fully appreciate just as you come over the top of the hill before the run down to the bottom and the Bay spread out in front of you,.. a magnificent sight.
Naturally being San Francisco, there are hills everywhere and this area was no different in that while walking down to the bus is a breeze, walking back up again at the end of a day sightseeing did tend to test the leg muscles just a little bit but not to any real detriment, just a bit of healthy exercise at the end of the day. :-)
We didn't get to meet Alfredo until the second last day but when we did, found him to have the same friendly approach as Jean did when we first arrived. They certainly both make a lovely and obliging couple.
We are hoping to come back to America again sometime next year and if we are able to include San Francisco in our travels again, we will most certainly try and contact Jean and Alfredo again.