On the doorstep again

Last night in San Francisco after 3 really tiring days. I recovered from jet lag only today so I made all my walking tours starting at 7 AM.
Through Chinatown I made the tie knot to a mexican guy who was on his first day of work, then i explored Grant Av. and Portsmouth Sq. when the city was still asleep. I got the vibe better when I went back there in the afternoon, it is a neighborhood that is pitoresque especially for the immense activity in work hours.
From there I walked through Russian Hill to North Beach discovering one or two quite well hidden places which were asbsolutely outstanding. I hope to be able to post a few pictures later because it is hard for me to describe it.
I walked from Fisherman's Wharf through the whole Embarcadero to Market Street (it's been a huge walk).
Then today I saw Mission and Soma which are quite a bit the other side of the city. While Marina, North Beach and the Hills (Russian and Nob) are really posh, beautiful looking and clearly rich areas, these other two are poor. Lots of beggars, some junkies and drunks came to me asking for money. Didn't have any trouble though.
Tonight I made my first sociable night at the hostel, especailly because i didn't go to bed at 8...
I met an Italian Girl which made an italian fashioned coffee, an australian photographer, an argentinian guy called Santiago and a Portoriacn girl that speaks a lot of languages (I actually have doubts about her nationality I believe she has got several passports).
Best guy I met is a chef called Kevin, a New Yorker, that told me wonderful aneddots both about his US life and his Italian Roots (he didn't look really italian at first, but apparently he's got a house in Milano).
Well, that's pretty much it, there other nice things I might write but I do start being tired so i might just go to bed. Tomorrow I'll leave this place which I like, no joke, to Santa Cruz and maybe I'll find out a little bit more about what I got myself into for the next months.

Cheers