Yesterday was a complete wine country day! We started our morning very early at the Ferry Building, and found a really great breakfast place there before we left on our wine tour. I was unsure of how the tour would be, but it turned out great! We had the best tour guide, Glen. He drove us around the city before heading to Napa, and we saw some of the famous sites around town. We passed by Jessica McClintock's house, the Party of Five house, and the Mrs. Doubtfire house. I was very excited to see those!
Glen knew tons of other things about the city and filled us in on all kinds of info on our way to Napa. Some of it, I wish we had known four our first day here! He had some really great advice on how to see the city, where to go, etc.
We drove through Sonoma and all around Napa on our tour. Our first winery was one called V. Sattui. It was our favorite. The winery was very old and they had a really great deli and picnic area. We also loved all of the wine we tasted there and even bought some to bring home. The picture at the top is from that winery. There were three other wineries on the tour. They were really nice, but we especially loved the first one.
At the end of the day, we took about a one hour ferry ride from Vallejo back to San Francisco. There were great views of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz.
Since our day started at 6 a.m. we decided to try a local mexican restaurant around the corner for dinner. It wasn't like Monterrey's by any means, but we still enjoyed eating there. After dinner we came back to the hotel, packed up, and went to bed early. I was sad it was our last night here, but I think Graham and I both ready to go home. I miss Lexie and Graham misses his truck - haha. I know Lexie will be so glad to leave the kennel! I bet she'll sleep for days!
Today we slept in and piddled around the hotel until we had to checkout. Then, we went down to Union Square. Wow at the shopping! We should have gone there our first day here when we still had money to spend!
After Union Square, we went to Golden Gate Park and also walked through Haight Ashbury. It was freezing down there, and Haight Ashbury was very interesting. I'm not sure we fit in there, but I think Graham enjoyed walking through that area anyway!
Now, we are a bit homeless. We've checked out of our hotel room and are just sitting in the lobby. Luckily the hotel will hold our luggage until we are ready to leave....at 11:00 tonight!
Graham and I both have really loved our trip! We have had a wonderful time, and have seen and done a ton! I'm also really happy that I was talked into doing the blog (thanks SK!). It is already helping me remember everything we've done! I also like to blog...maybe I'll keep it up. Could be fun!
We are headed to dinner and the airport. Home here we come!
No comments:
Post a Comment