26th October San Francisco – free day
Today we took a cable car to the Ferry Building &
boarded the 11.30am ferry to Sausalito.
It was fun riding around on these historic vehicles which date from the
1870’s, you can hope on and off as much as you like. We bought a 3 day travel pass for $21 and made
full use of it. Drivers are known as ‘gripmaps’,
no idea why!
Sausalito is just over the Golden Gate Bridge and you can either
drive there or take the ferry, which takes about 25 minutes. There are some nice restaurants, cafes, shops
and art studios and a picturesque waterfront, its well worth a visit.
When we got back to the Ferry Building we walked around the
Marketplace where we had lunch at a wine bar.
The Marketplace has shops selling all sorts of artisan products from soup
to soap! A nice place to wander.
After lunch we took the trolley bus along the Bay Side. The trolleys are mainly old vintage vehicles
that have been brought in from other US citys after they had dispensed with
them. In the evening we had our last
supper as a group with Doug & his disciples! Much hugging and kissing as we said our goodbyes
with all but 3 couples flying home the next day.
Sausalito
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