San Francisco

Posted on 18 August 20054 May 2007 by rudy

	Went to San Francisco for a quick visit to my sister, who was there on business and expensing her hotel. It was a Thursday thrugh Sunday vacation that included a side excursion to Napa Valley.
	The hotel was downtown in the financial district. Early next morning was greeted with a view of iconic TransAmerica building.

		She had to work the Thursday and Friday while I was there, so I was left largely on my own to amuse myself. Walked the couple of blocks to the dock area, and caught the Bay Bridge.
		Took the cable car up to Fishermanâ€™s Wharf neighborhood. Fell into all the usual tourist trap things, like the wax museum that had, among other things, this Last Supper.

Out in the water, thatâ€™s Alcatraz. Meanwhile, back on the mainland, sea-lions bask in the sun.

	Finally, on Saturday, we headed to wine country Napa Valley. This is a view from Sterling winery.
	The Beringer house that can be seen some Beringer wine bottles at your local boozerporium bodega.
	This is part of the Coppola-Niebaum winery.

On the red-eye, at dawn, I returned home.