This morning, as David joined his conference in the hotel, I used the second day of the hop on/hop off bus ticket to get me to the far side of Golden Gate Bridge where I could pick up a different bus to go to Sausalito.
It was a much chillier bus ride as the fog had rolled down over the hill and was visible around the bridge.
Arriving in Sausalito, however, it was sunny and warm and remained so for the rest of the day.
Sausalito is across the bay from San Francisco - a small city, variously described as a Mediterranean-style fishing village (although in fact it has not seen any fishing boats in a long time and during WWII was where 'Liberty ' boats were built) or the Beverly Hills of San Francisco (a reference to the size and luxury of some of the villa houses surrounding the shore and hillside behind).
It was certainly a very pleasant place to be, with great views back to San Francisco.
Returning to the city this afternoon I visited the Palace of Fine Arts.
This extraordinary building is almost a facade, with a rather plain hall behind it which is available as exhibition or entertaining space. It was originally created as a temporary structure for an international exhibition in 1915 but became a landmark and so was rebuilt in stone.
Leaving the Palace I walked to the beach where it was rather windy and looked at the views in all directions.
This evening, David and I did a night tour on the bus which was very cold indeed, but clear..
After two hours on the open-top bus, including a trip over the Bay Bridge, we were ready to have a bowl of Dungeness crab chowder to warm up!
Looks like another great day
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