met up with john and we took a bus over to fisherman's wharf to meet the girls - they weren't there so we nipped over to starbucks and had coffee while we waited. i thought that it looked different than last time... while john rang emilie to find out where they were i suddenly realised that we were in the wrong place! but john got off the phone to say that the girls were in the wrong place too! so we all wandered off and met up in the right place! much hugging and squawking took place!
hired the bikes and off we went... emilie was a bit nervous as she hadn't been on a bike for ages - but the first bit is quite easy as you cycle through the park that follows the bay round to the golden gate bridge. my memory of this side of the bridge had been obliterated, i had no idea it was so far to the base of the bridge! then we cycled/walked up the steep hill to get to the starting point and stopped for coffee - well i did!
emilie giving helen and john a big cuddle:
before the bridge:
the bridge:
me and my bicycle:
then we were off over the bridge - about halfway across the sun decided to come out and it turned into the most gorgeous day. poor emily took a tumble off her bike and i think it freaked her out a bit - so we stopped and gave her a cuddle. got to the other side and then it was downhill all the way to the very pretty little town of sausalito. john got there first and i was second - we stopped and waited for the others. i'd gone quite slowly so i got worried when emilie and helen didn't appear for ages... john ended up calling them and they were walking down as emilie was still a bit freaked out after falling...
gorgeous sunny, windy day in sausalito, john and i went off to find somewhere nice for lunch and the girls took it easy and walked through the town. we found a cute little mexican place for lunch - finally had horchata! been meaning to try it since i got here! was very sweet but very yum too! had a lovely al fresco lunch, lots of sunshine lots of food, lots of laughs - was just what i needed!
lunch:
pootled around sausalito - found a tiny farmer's market and we all went around tasting everything and not buying anything!!! more fantastic peaches/nectarines. then made our way back to the harbour and grabbed our bikes and queued up with loads of other cyclists to wait for the ferry.
piled on, everyone had bikes, which all got lined up in the middle of the boat and we went up on to the deck for the very best views of sausalito, san francisco, the golden gate bridge, alcatraz and the amazing james bond boat that was anchored in the sausalito bay.
the bridge:
alcatraz:
the james bond boat:
arrived back at fisherman's wharf and returned the bikes. then off to ghiradelli's for ice cream sundaes for dinner... well apart from john who had coffee... emilie and helen had been recommended the musée mechanique which is a little museum full of the side-shows from the american fairs of the past. so we nipped in there and had much fun putting our money in the beautifully made machines and having our fortunes told or watching some freaky dancing marionettes. ended up getting a strip of passport photos taken of all 4 of us - well apart from john who kind of disappeared off the side!
dinner:
porkers:
me having my fortune told:
wandered off to see the sea-lions, although it was getting dark by then. i nipped off to find the loo only to go on a wild goose chase to find it and then leave our photos in there and had to go chasing back for them, so i missed seeing the sealions - boo! could still smell them though!
went to the shopping wharf where john got bored of us looking at sweets and went into a movie memorabilia shop where we followed and then he got bored of us looking at movie memorabilia! then we decided to call it a night as we were all exhausted and they were all returning to new york the next day - boo!
we took the fantastic old trolley bus - looked like it was from the 40's - back into the city and parted company... another day on my own tomorrow...
bye bye little monkeys:
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