Travel Blogs from Santa Barbara, United States
UCSB
It took us roughly 5 hours of driving to get from Newport Beach to Santa Barbara on this Saturday. It's only about a 150 mile trip. We drove only one the Pacific coast highway. The drive didn't have amazing views until a little farther up the coast, but ...
Santa Barbara
First stop out of LA and this was a nice relaxing town to be in. We continue to be amazed with the number of vegetarian options in California. This was a brief visit so we walked into the town and along the pier, a very mediterranean feel ...
Blue sky and sunshine
... of hours to travel to get to Santa Barbara. Fancy us being in "Michael Jackson country" when he died. Michael lived in the greater Santa Barbara area for many years, and was actually tried at the Santa Maria court on "those" charges. As you will all be ...
Day 7, April 23, Santa Barbara, Casual
... the shuttle into town, walked around the downtown area a bit, and then walked back to the ship for lunch. My tour was "Santa Barbara by Segway". I was particularly curious about this tour since I wanted one for my upcoming cruise out of Baltimore but RCI ...
Santa Barbra
Arrived in Santa Barbra at 5am headed toward our hostel near the beach and found a Starbucks that was open spent hour or so in there. Then spent the day around the beach & sterns Wharf. The homeless are nice here we had a little nap close to them in ...
San Francisco to Santa Barbara
... through Cambria, Morro Bay, and San Luis Obispo, taking a quick look at each town before we reach Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara, a breathtaking community of sparkling white mission-style adobe buildings with red tile roofs, spans the hills that reach ...
Back on the road!
... time on the road this past year! Today was a rainy day.(good for driving) We arrived at the state park about 17 miles nth of santa Barbara. It isn't anything fancy, but we are right on the ocean. We took a 5 mile bike ride along the beach when we ...
Ill in Santa Barabra
... me to eat anything tonight except for two crackers and im starving! Hopefully i'll be fully better tomorrow as we are leaving Santa Barbra and heading further down the coast. Santa Barabra is a lovely place. We arrive lat night and went out to eat ( ...
Spani jak ve squatu
Couchsurfing (dve noci) jsme meli domluveny v mensim meste pobliz Santa Barbary. Tentokrat jsme ale nemeli spat v lidskem obydli, ale spis v tovarne. Kluci, co nas hostili, si pronajali prostor ve skladistni budove, kde maji v planu rozjet maly pivovar. ...
Morning Talks
This morning we gathered our things and said goodbye to the amazing Harmon family. While we were there they treated us like family and made us feel so at ease, we didn't want to leave. Holly walked us down to the bike path and pointed us in the right ...
Cruisin' for a Bruisin' from Bruiser
... around the couch and appreciating the comfort of having our own space. After a bit, we all went out for dinner on the Santa Barbara boardwalk. We met The Heller's, Ron and Connie at Brofey's, a great seafood place, for dinner. We feasted on oyster ...
San Simeon to Sant Barbara (Big Sur part 2)
... the vets. She said it was surprisingly tame. After taking a hundred photos of the pelicans (Matthew gets carried away), we drove around Santa Barbara a bit more. We decided to head for the hills and find a good view. It took a bit of driving to dead ...
Santa Barbara
... our room. We liked it so much we booked in for another two nights, on-line and for just over $115 a night. Santa Barbara is a great, true Californian beach town. It has good restaurants & bars, good shopping and a lovely beach. We spent ...
Downtown on State Street
Fortunately, the weather was beautiful today. We made the 17 mile drive back down to downtown Santa Barbara. State street is 'the spot' in SB. It starts at the Pacific Ocean and goes on for blocks. There are great restaurants, shops... We walked ...
Topic Table of Contents by Topic
Table of Contents by Topic Tourist & General 3. Taking Off Tonight 8. Finally - some time for fun and to see Bali 9. All Day Tour of Bali 10. Hello From Chenai, India 12, The Privilege of Being a ...
Santa Barbara
... . We sampled some of the bars that night with our room mates and had a really good night. We soon realised that Santa Barbara is actually a really gorgeous place. They call it the American Riviera and it is a getaway for lots of rich ...
Glorious Santa Barbara
... .com/includes/media/docs/Sideways-Map.pdf http://www.ateam-movie.com/#/splashscreen Restaurants worth mentioning: Jalama Beach Cafe - Lompog: Great burgers and sandwiches Bucatini - Santa Barbara: Great pasta dishes! June 14 - ...
Santa Cruz-Santa Barbara
... tour leader) and he agreed and as we were the first group ever to do this tour he said he would definatly mention it. Sanata Barbara was beautiful, it had some really cute boutique shops and the beach was incredible. On the way to SB we went past a beach ...
Day 21
Santa Barbara, CA to Big Sur, CA Today I found myself in a small sea village, with a giant pier. Unfortunately there were no ships docked, and I became frustrated and left in a frenzy. Up north the coastline became to jagged and rough for ships to ...
people's messages getting lost....
Hi All, We've had a couple of messages from people saying their messages are getting lost in cyberspace. Just to clarify, if you would like to send a message that you are happy for others to see, you need to click add entry at the bottom of the list ...
Campin' it up on the coast
... call wifi so here is a brief update on where we have been over the last week or so after leaving LA. We headed up to Santa Barbara on erm, 30th (?) august. SB is rather posh and we had an amazing breakfast (you may notice that food is becoming a bit of a ...
Our Route
... on taking the following route and spending nights in these cities: Huntington Beach, CA San Diego, CA Phoeniz, AZ Winslow, AZ Santa Fe, NM Boulder, CO Greeley, CO Hays, KS Kansas City, KS St. Louis, MO Columbus, OH Silver Spring, MD ...
Partying with the college Kids
One heck of a college town. Internet is rare in these parts, so ill fill you in ...
Hearst Castle and Highway 1
... as great any more. And the road doesn't cling as much to the coast. So really we just motored away until we got to Santa Barbara. There we checked into our cramped hostel, surfed the net a bit and eat some tasty pasta before retiring for the ...
Good Morning America!
... day. Two in a row. We walked stifly along the promenade around the bay whilst the beautiful people of Santa Barbara cycled, jogged,ran,skateboarded and roller-skated past. Blueberry pancakes and steel cut porridge for brek – ...
Grandkids Vacation is Sabatoged
Kids had their 1st day of summer camp: computers, kick ball then swimming in the morning. Afternoon of kayaking, surfing and boggie boarding. We didn't have much food to send, only a sandwich and water so they were starving after it was over. We went to ...

