Sally-Anne was understandably slightly nervous about the bike-ride over the Golden Gate Bridge, given her last attempt at cycling. But it went off without incident, the weather was great and it was a fantastic experience. We took a packed lunch, and sat in a sunny, sheltered spot on the Sausalito side of the bridge, watching the tour-buses come and go. A great way to end our stay in San Francisco. We really liked the B&B in the end, too. We weren't sure about...

We saw most of the city yesterday on the open-top tour, the weather was fantastic, and we had a great day. It's good being on a tour bus, because it gets you away from the nutters, and there are bloody loads of them in the States! We were waiting for a bus connection in Union Square, which seems to be 'ground zero' for head-cases in San Francisco, desperately trying not to make eye-contact with them, but they home in on the tourists with unerring accuracy, and s...

I'm lying in bed typing this, and I can occasionally hear the strange cracking sound from the electric street-car cables outside our window, or I can when Sal stops snoring! We're in San Francisco, the city of trams, hills, gays, hippies, and Alcatraz! We arrived yesterday afternoon, but we were sad to have spent so little time in Seattle. The B&B which we stayed in was fantastic; gorgeously decorated, designed, and furnished, impeccably clean, a beautiful h...