The welcome in San Francisco was much more friendly and relaxed compared to New York. We took taxi from Airport and arrived at our hotel about 9pm. We were staying at Fisherman's Wharf which is central tourist area for city.
We took a tour of the city on our first day to get our bearings. We went out to Golden Gate Bridge and up to the hills to get view over the city. Finished off with a tour of the city centre.
On second day went over to Alcatraz... could not help wondering as we walked around that someday American tourists may be walking around The Maze and seeing similar prison cells which are likely to be much more comfortable that Alcatraz.
J and I hired bikes and cycled along the shoreline to the Golden Gate Bridgea and over the bridge to Sausalito. It was a lovely sunny October day... probably much warmer than our average summer days. We met R at Sausalito for lunch and caught the ferry back to Fisherman's Wharf. The cycle trip is recommended by us!
We hired car and drove up to Muir Woods and then on to Napa Valley. Muir Woods has preserved some of the huge Californian Redwoods. They have been there for hundreds of years. While walking in the woods, met a group of people who had been in Northern Ireland and knew David Trimble and John Hume.... possibly connected to Bill Clinton!
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