An Afternoon in Sausalito

On Tuesday morning, we started our day out at the Ferry Building. What used to be the main hub of boat traffic has been transformed into a combination of organic food stalls, California-made goods stores, and local restaurants. We browsed the stalls and shops wishing we had something of the sort back home. We purchased a bottle of wine, a sandwich from Boccalone (a.k.a. 'Tasty Salted Pig Parts), and a chocolate-lavender macaron to share.

The Ferry Building.

Inside the Ferry Building. A lot of the shops didn't open until 9 or 10 a.m.

Where we picked up lunch for the day. It was so good!

After dropping off our bottle of wine at the hotel, we made our way to the hop-on, hop-off bus, ready for a day of exploring the city. On the way to Sausalito, we saw the Palace of Fine Arts, Crissy Field, and some more beautiful view of the Golden Gate Bridge. We braved the wind on the top of a double-decker bus across the bridge and enjoyed the views of the bay, Angel Island, Alcatraz, and the city skyline.

Palace of the Fine Arts.
Each tour guide had a different explanation for why the women were turned inward, away from San Francisco.

Beautiful view of the Golden Gate Bridge with Marin Country California in the background.

Once in Sausalito, we split our sandwich in a shady spot by the water's edge. Then we explored the shops in downtown. After stopping in a few little shops, we stopped in Bacchus & Venus, where we did a tasting of red wines. We were treated to some yummy ones that we really enjoyed. We even joined a wine club that will send us two bottles of wine every month. At that point, we agreed that all of the wine that we bought on the trip we would drink together.

Enjoying wine at Bacchus & Venus.

Wine tasting selfie!

Before leaving Sausalito, we stopped in a cute little boutique and purchased some hats to keep the sun off our our faces.

Our tour guide stopped at a hilltop lookout point on the way back to San Francisco. It was beautiful and by far our favorite view of the Golden Gate Bridge.

We crossed the bridge back to San Francisco and rode the bus to Ghirardelli Square, where we enjoyed some more window shopping and perusing through boutiques. We particularly loved 'Lola's on North Beach." Everything was so cute. I could definitely get in trouble at that place! We checked out the Ghirardelli store and old factory before we headed back to our hotel for the evening.

Entrance to Ghirardelli Square.

Inside the old Ghirardelli chocolate factory, where they have a chocolate making set-up for display purposes.

Inside the old Ghirardelli chocolate factory,
where they have a chocolate making set-up for display purposes.

Once back at our hotel, we we broke into our bottle of wine purchased at the Ferry Building and enjoyed it with some cheese grapes. It was a nice relaxing evening after a long, exciting day!