Just as we leaving the Fisherman Wharf, I saw a red bridge not far away from us. That's it! The Golden Gate Bridge. Even though we know that it just looks so near, in fact is may take several hours to be there. I took many pictures to show the nearer and nearer distances between us and the bridge.

     On the way there, we came across a National Gallery, I couldn't remember the name exactly, and enjoyed the beautiful scenery around it, and then went on. The bridge looked nearer and nearer as in the pictures and the sun began to set. At about 4pm. we arrived.

Though it became a little bit darker, we decide to get on the bridge and have a look, it is said that in the morning the bridge is covered by mist, people could see nothing but the mist so they have a feeling of being in the haven, and many people committed suicide here by jumping from the bridge.

     We looked down from the bridge, the sea water surged under the bridge and it looked like the bridge not the water under it was moving. We could see the islands on the map here, such as the Alcatraz Island, the Angle Island, etc.

     The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and State Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County. The Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937, and has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and California. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by eight other bridges. It still has the second longest suspension bridge main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. In 2007, it was ranked fifth on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects.