Today is Saturday, the weekend a long one as Monday is Columbus Day. After breakfast we went around the rest of the peninsula from Pebble Beach back to Monterey and out of town. The beaches were all super busy with people trying to catch the last of the summer sun. Just along from the lighthouse there was a wedding going on. We drove back through Cannery Row which was buzzing. The coast road moved along quite nicely. At every beach access point there were doz...

We took our time getting up this morning, checked out and had breakfast at the cafe next door which we thoroughly recommend. Not flash but good food and reasonably priced. We checked out the Plaza area, the historic centre of Sanoma. The old barracks had some memorabilia and info on the bear flag rebellion which was all very interesting. Until yesterday we'd not heard any of this so all new to us. In the centre is a lovely park space complete with a duck pond wi...

It's been a coolish but sunny day. We headed off by bus straight after breakfast to our appointment with Rich Ross, we were meeting at the T Rex at 10.30 lol It all went without a hitch, cool bus ride up and down the hills of San Fran and a short walk to the park. It's a lovely green space, one of many in the heart of the city. There's a lot of statues, some fountains and an amphitheater with park bench seating under the trees which looked like a great space for...