Best Western The Beach Resort Monterey

... since August 21st) that we have had rain though!

Here in Monterey we went on a self guided tour of the historic Monterey. It didn't take too long but it was fun to get to see some of the historic aspect of the country that I hadn't seen before. We also did some of the touristy things as well. We went and walked down Cannery row- which the history of it just amazes me sardines just aren't my ...

... t think it is reasonable to charge the full fee when practically the entire park is closed! It was no wonder that there were so many cars parked just outside the park as the Waterfall trail is not far from the entrance and would have easily been accessible from outside the park on foot. Oh well.... let’s just see it as our contribution towards the rebuilding of the park.

... to Nepenthe restaurant. They offer brunch on a fantastic patio overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Lucia Mountains. The atmosphere there was simply incredible. It felt just like being in a luxury spa..... pure relaxation.... coupled with eggs Benedict and scrambled eggs and bacon!

We got a really early start this morning, aiming for breakfast in the rich town of Carmel-by-the-Sea. It is clearly a rich town and the main street is lined with cute little Hansel-and-Gretel styled houses. It is very similar to the town of Colmar in France, except that these houses on the main street house stores like Tiffany's.

However, all that money must mean that people have later starts. We just could not find any ...

... continued our drive carefully down California Highway 1, through the bends. It was not too bad.... it wasn't long before we moved further away from the edges of the cliffs, on to flatter roads. Our intended campgrounds were not much further, at the Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park.

Yeaaaayyy!!! They had tons of availability for the night... but at the hefty price of $35!!! Wow! That is really steep for primitive campgrounds in a state park! We contemplated the price for abit, as the ...

We went to Point Lobos State Reserve, not knowing much, except that there are plenty of sea lions in residence. However, we found out at the park entrance that sea otters are also in residence! So it became our mission to spot some sea otters.

We walked the Sea Lion trail, the trail at Whaler's Cove, the Cypress Grove trail and started the Bird Island Trail, without any luck. Shucks! I ...

... n. Zudem gab es dort wund**schöne Golfplätze und ziemlich waghalsige Surf**. Nach diesen tollen Eindrücken ging es in uns** Hotel.
In d** Mall gegenüb** haben wir dann zum krönenden Abschluss des Tages richtig gute Burg** beim "Islands" gegessen. Einzig** Schönheitsfehl** des Tages: Als wir mit essen f**tig waren hat es zum **sten Mal in uns**em bish**igen Urlaub g**egnet.

Liebe Grüße
Maxi und Nadine

... smell of them was very pungent,pressing cardboard to her nose to block out the smoky elephanty fishy smell 'too stinky' said Jim! Tomorrow we are off to Carmel and I wonder if we see their famous tall mayor ( Clint Eastwood) ...

More to follow and Harry and Tilda will write their favourite and least favourite things - you already know Jim's least favourite .....

... find the right turn off so we missed going along the coast for a while and got a bit too much boring freeway. One the bright side when we turned off to Santa Cruz we wound out way through a Redwood forest which was one of the most beautiful drives I've done. We'll get plenty of coast from now on with the Big Sur and San Louis Obisbo I'm sure. Everythings big skies and Americana. I've alway wanted to dive this road so am lapping it up.We pealed of Highway 1 down to a beach ...

... Ingen kunne forklare hvorfor, så efter at have brugt 2 timer, kørte vi ind i landet til en by der hedder Salinas. I denne lille by (som lever af at producere salathoveder - der høstes 6.000.000 hoveder om dagen i høsttiden) og som man eller aldrig ville tage til, fik vi et hotelværelse. Da der ikke var så meget at se i byen, endte vi med at gå i biffen og se Batman. Dag 21 (søndag den 27 juli). Tilbage til hovedvej 1, og ned af kystvejen. Det er ...