I decided to wander over to the Japanese Tea Gardens in Golden Gate Park, which in my humble opinion is one of the coolest places in the entire city. What is equally awesome is that on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays there is free entry before 10 am. I ventured over at around 9:15 am and had the whole place practically to myself. You make your entrance under this giant entry way and are immediately immersed in what feels like Japan. You enter the gardens are confronted by a multitude of different pathways to wander through the gardens each with different views and perspectives on all of the different large structures in the gardens. There are all the elements of nature which are thoughtfully interspersed with traditional structures throughout the gardens.
As I made my way through, I slowly relaxed into a very peaceful state of mind. I was hearing gently running water in the background, the wind lightly moving through the trees and the joyful sound of birds as they awake in the morning. I was feeling good and wanted to get some tea. Then I went and got some tea, dreams can come true.
