Framedlight

Capitola is a rather upmarket town on the north of Monterey Bay. It was developed as a tourist resort in 1869 and is full of trendy cafés and art galleries. We left there on a steely grey morning, before the shops were open and the people came out. Climbing the hill out of town I stopped to take this picture of the pier, very Cannery Row. A little further north provided some interesting light on the shore. After our trip up the coast Mairi fancied something a little different so we diverted inland to Stanford and the university. This is situated in the Santa Clara (Silicon) Valley, 37 miles from San Francisco. On our arrival and after we had found a visitor car park (which took some time), I was amazed by the university's size and opulence. Stanford was founded by Leland Stanford, a railroad tycoon and named in honour of his only child who had died aged 16. It was opened in 1891. According to it's first charter the number of admittance places was to be divided ...