Day 37 March 9th San Francisco



the murk first thing

When we eventually awoke this morning it was thick

fog at the start

fog outside and didn't look very appetising.  While having breakfast we discussed the day's activities and decided we must get on with it whatever the weather and we hoped things would improve.  We decided to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge and to 

then rain

get 
there and back we would use local transport - preferably trams and the railcars.  We 

Alcatraz barely visible

found out there was a bus stop which took us to the bridge very near our hotel and so we caught that and enjoyed the 

monument to sailors

meandering through the city.  It was still foggy when we arrived but with our coats on we started the journey across.  Soon it 

cargo boat

began to rain as well but we carried on without seeing much and found that with 6 lanes of traffic it was noisy and sometimes fumey as well.  The bridge is about 1.5 miles long and with stops it 

yacht

took about 50 minutes to cross.  We hoped for a coffee shop on the other side but only found some loos and a monument to all the sailors who had left the port for whatever reason.  We decided to head back as it was a little clearer and we watched as a cargo boat and a yacht went under the bridge, a helicopter also went under but I was not able to get a photo.  We made it back to San Francisco and were disappointed with the refreshment facilities at this end too, no café just a place selling cold drinks and packeted snacks.  We stopped for a while and then found 

streetcar

where we could get a bus to near where the streetcars went.  We did this but it was quite a walk at the other end and a queue to get on the streetcars.  We made it and had a good ride and then walked to our hotel.  We had walked quite a

view from room at dusk

distance by this time and so had a rest in the hotel before going out for a good meal.  The view from our room as dusk fell was really good. Tomorrow will be our last day here as we catch a 2105 flight to Heathrow in the evening.