Third Street Promenade Santa Monica

Summer in Santa Monica!

First ever entry for our travel blog... We hope that we can provide some useful information for likeminded travellers, a bit of an update for our friends and family and at the very least - some light entertainment!

Touchdown in LAX - The last four days spent in L.A (our short transit stop) has been a …

It's my last day ...

... with the lovely Sarah Dinneen
... in Santa Monica
... in LA
... in California
... in the United States of America
... on the North American Continent


Yep, I leave this part of my trip behind today and fly south towards the Cook Islands tonight. It's been four months (18 weeks …

Stepping off the plane and into cold, rainy Los Angeles (5 drops is like a flood here), I was actually glad to have my winter coat and scarf with me. Santa Monica was quite chilly, though that didn't keep me from going down to the Pier that very first night. The beach is always amazing, no matter which weather. Dress up for the occasion and enjoy …

One thing everybody needs to do when visiting Santa Monica is to watch the sun set. It's a truly amazing sight and simply beautiful to watch the Pier being cast in the yellow-orange glow of the sun. Find yourself a bench or kick back in the sand and just take the time to enjoy this almost magical time of the day. You'll find most of the people …

What a wonderful day yesterday was! I got to see most of my closest people all in one place - that happens so rarely that, at one point, I was just about in full blown tears!

It all started very early with Commencement breakfast at school. It was nice to be there early and have some time to catch my breadth - I had been playing tour guide …

... fielded questions during the "ads" though we didn't ask him any. After a meal on the lovely Third Street Promenade, we watched a beautiful sunset over Santa Monica Bay. Now it's an early start tomorrow to board Amtrak for the trek north. Better haul ...

... peek at Venice Beach this morning before any of the body builders were up; and have wandered along the very civilised Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica this afternoon. Lunch was yummy Japanese - very appropriate as when I arrived in '92 I ate my ...

... and I got myself warmed up again pretty quick. My little walk around the block actually gave me the chance to enjoy Third Street Promenade at dark. With all these thousand tiny little lights in the trees lining up the shopping mile it's almost a magical ...

... ;avonds gaan kijken op de pier waar dit plaatsje om bekend staat..jammer was dat er veel wind stond!! Daarna naar Third Street Promenade gelopen en daar heeft San een erg leuke korte broek gekocht…en hebben we onze eerste echte Amerikaanse burger ...

... arrived in only one day before. Found a nice little cafe a few blocks away from my hotel, right at the corner of Third Street Promenade. Here at Café Crêpe you can get the most amazing breakfast in a warm and homey atmosphere for a decent price. I ...

... I'm finding myself a quiet spot somewhere and simply watch the beach and ocean from up here. But Santa Monica isn't only parks and beaches. Third Street Promenade is the perfect place for shopping and people watching. Which is actually what I did for a ...