We are planning to see University of San Francisco on a Saturday, spend Sunday having fun, then we want to visit Santa Clara University and University of the Pacific.
I had thought we would pick up a car and drive to UOP on Monday and then drive to Santa Clara and spend the night, seeing SCU on tuesday and fly home late tuesday from San Jose. So a one way car rental.
Any ideas about thisplan welcome. We need to see SCU on Tuesday as school will still be in session and we would like to see students there. This will be during Memorial Day weekend.
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Sounds like a good plan to me.
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I%26#39;m probably too late to recommend this- but if it saved you a bunch on rental costs, flying out of SFO instead of San Jose wouldn%26#39;t have added that much time.
Will you be able to see much of UPO on Monday? Won%26#39;t it be closed, too?
BTW, while USF is accessible by MUNI bus, it might be easier/ faster for you to visit, and then drive around to see the sights on Sunday, if you have a car from your arrival. Normally we don%26#39;t recommend that folks rent a car in the city, but given what you%26#39;re doing and your time frame, you might want to. If you stayed in one of the nicer motor inns along Lombard St. your parking would be free.
Also, if you are done with your tour of USF early enough in the day, you would be in a good position to visit Golden Gate Park, the De Young Museum, and Haight-Ashbury. You%26#39;re also close to Alamo Square, home of the famous ';painted Ladies'; Victorian row houses. Expect every place you visit to be busy, as it%26#39;s a holiday weekend.
I am not sure if you have made hotel reservations, but if you check the Universities websites, they might direct you towards hotels that offer discounts for school visitors. It has been too long since my sons campus tour so I can%26#39;t remember which hotels offered the discount. I do remember that it was a big enough discount that it trumped my corporate discount though!
Great ideas! I had not thought about flying into SF as have always come into Oakland but will look at that and renting a car from there. I do know the U has links to hotels closer. We have always stayed near Union Square and did not know if getting from the hotel to the school would take long or not.-?We could fly in on Friday night insead of early Saturday.
We are hoping to pick up a tour at USF in the afternoon. UOP will be just us walking around as it will be closed on Monday. SCU will be open on Tuesday so a tour will be available.
2manyjules-I grew up in Ft. Wayne. Visited last summer after 19 years. It has changed so much that I seriously did not recognize the downtown!
I%26#39;m a USF alumni (class of %26#39;03)! Hope you enjoy your visit there, I loved going to school there for four years and most of all fell in love with the city. Your plan to visit UOP and SC seems like it should work well. The tour at USF doesn%26#39;t take that long so you will probably have a lot of time to explore on Sat too. Go to Haight for lunch, there%26#39;s lots of great little restaurants and it%26#39;s walking distance from campus.
noddlesportland - you really would not recognize it now. They are building the new Harrison Square (shops, hotels, condos %26amp; baseball stadium) right by the Embassy!
My son goes to USF and absolutely loves it there. He is graduating this spring -Summa c*m Laude :)
If you do have lunch in Haight, try Magnolias Brew Pub. Their burgers are fantastic.
krislecl-how large were your classes?
2manyjules-I worked at Hutner%26#39;s Paris when I was a teen-seems a lont way a way and time ago!
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