From K-QED.

If you're in need of an escape right now, some place to go to feel like you've been transported

far, far away, you might follow this week's question-asker to the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.

It's probably one of the most beautiful places here in the Bay Area.

So my name is Meishi Nova and I live in San Francisco.

I've been a resident for about 15 years now. The palace is for

the romantics among us. It's an art installation left over from the 1915

Panama Pacific International Exhibition, one of the world's fairs that was

held here. It was designed by Bernard Maybeck to look like a decaying ruin in ancient Rome.

There's this huge rotunda with colonnades on each side and a serene lagoon that sits out front.

The overall effect is striking, so it's no wonder Mishi loves to come here.

I'll like go and run and... So it's no wonder Mishi loves to come here.

I'll like go and run and do my meditations and draw a little bit or read.

I did all for it today, so I'm doing pretty well.

Lately, she can't help but notice the birds

that hang out around the lagoon,

specifically the two swans.

And they're just really elegant and beautiful

from a distance, and up close they're kind of quirky and they have a

little comedy to them. She wrote in to Bay Curious. My question was about the swans and how they survive the night without getting eaten by coyotes.

I'm Olivia Allen Price. Today in Bay Curious, we've got a date with the swans to get me she some answers. Stick around.

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