Napa Valley and San Francisco

Este dia empezo por irnos del motel, desayunar, e ir con el coche entre las viñas de camino a San Francisco.

Las viñas estaban por todas partes, con esas uvas se hace un vino caracteristico de California.

No pudimos entrar en la bodega de Falcon Crest, ubicada de camino, porque eramos menores de 21 años. Esta era una serie que veia mi madre.

El clima de la naturaleza se parece mucho a la de Andalucia, el mismo tipo de arboles, el mismo tipo de roca, y animales parecidos. Esta fauna esta plagada de los "golden Eagles",unas aguilas que son gigantes, a veces mas grandes que los "bald eagles", las aguilas calvas, el simbolo de U.S.A.

Paramos en un pueblo llamado Napa para comer. Habia un mercado, donde despues de comer, fuimos a comernos un helado. Fuimos tambien a comprar pan de centeno ahi.

Llegamos a San Francisco. En San Francisco vimos una visita preliminar al palacio de bellas artes y Exploratorium, donde vimos muchos patos, garzas, tortugas, pelicanos y cisnes, ademas de una enorme cantidad de estorninos y otras aves cantoras.

Luego fuimos al Golden Gate, el puente tan caracteristico de esta ciudad. Este puente es de mucha longitud, contando tambien el bonito color rojo que lo adorna.

Vimos el parque de Guillermina, tambien con gran cantidad de aves, como barnaclas -que por cierto vimos una bandada en migracion-, ocas y gaviotas. Es un parque muy bonito, donde tambien habia bisontes en una gran parcela de hierba.

Al final llegamos Al hotel, cenamos, y nos acostamos.

Today we've been touring along the Wine Country. We left Fort Bragg this morning and entered the Mendocino Valley where we spotted the first wine plants, as well as seclided beaches and snall rock pools. We also saw some more redwoods and wild birds (Valdemar knows their names :). As we passed later on the Sonoma Valley we had to slow down, since there was a triatlon competition going on ... But it did not matter. We enjoyed watching all the bicycles, as well! We continued to the Napa Valley, which is the heart of California's wine industry. There we strolled through charming St Helena, the Beverly Hills of Napa and we tried to visit Spring Valley Wineries, the location where the 80's famous TV show Falcon Crest was shot. Unfortunately, all visitors must be at least 21 and, as we are travelling with our kids, we were not allowed to book a wine tasting tour. So the only thing I could do is to have a picture taken at the entrance :(

We had lunch in Napa at the Oxbow Public Market. Its a little bit pricey, but the organic ice-cream at the Three Twins parlor was excellent. I got myself a waffle with blackberry sorbet and rice milk, banana and blueberry ice-cream.

After lunch, we headed for San Francisco. The traffic was heavy and there were jams several places, but finally we reached our destination. Wow, SF is fascinating! I am afraid that two days are not gonna be enough ... There is so much to see! Therefore, we have started our stay in SF with the socalled 49-mile scenic drive, a route that links the city's most intriguin neighborhoods, fascinating sights and spectacular views. It's functioned as an appetizer ... Tomorrow we'll go deep into the hidden treasures this city has to offer

Ana

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