Bay Park Hotel Monterey
1425 Munras Ave. Monterey, Monterey Peninsula, California, 93940, United States
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I'll have some Monterey with Carmel
... the pricier food joints a miss in favour of some sub-standard Mexican food in the centre of town. We thought we might get something a bit special in what was briefly the capital of California after Mexico broke from Spain in the early 1800’s but sadly not, flavourless fajitas and bland burritos were the order of the day .
The next day we had glorious weather and we had decided to ...
Monterey and Carmel
... beautiful but filled more with the golfing set who all have faaaabulous houses daaarling along the water, with some pretty impressive golf courses right by the sea if you're into that kind of thing. I was more impressed with the vinyards of the Carmel Valley myself (naturally). Californian wine-making is all about the microclimates - the fog that hangs around one valley makes for good pinot noir, but the sun that hits the next makes for better syrah/shiraz.
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You have to play tourist every now and then
... been shot in and around Monterey and after you see some of the scenery you can understand why. The tour takes in most of the famous movie sites and as you are approaching the site Doug is playing the actual movie scene on monitors in the coach. He has a greaat knowledge of the movies and people involved. Clint Eastwood who was mayor of Carmel in the late 80's and a long ime resident (he's in his 80's now) has been on the tour on ...
Dag 5 San Francisco - Monterey
... keihard met mijn linkervoet op de rem, maar we komen heel bij de supermarkt aan. Daar zijn we wel even bezig omdat het assortiment grotendeels toch anders is. Bij de kaartjes staan soms prijzen voor kaarthouders. Nu had ik al eens gelezen dat je zo’n pas makkelijk kan aanvragen en dat je daar veel mee kunt besparen. Martijn trekt de stoute schoenen aan en vraagt hoe we aan zo’n pas komen en meteen krijgt hij er een in ...
The california coast
Frank, Tania and I got up early and had some breakfast. We chatted for some times until I realized I had to go if I wanted to get somewhere during the day. Frank and Tania have been wonderful to me and so generous, genuine and kind. This planet needs more of people like them. Right after leaving the campsite, the road climbed for 10.5km. It was not too hard as it was in the shade, not too steep and very few cars were on it this ...



