Holiday Inn Fresno-Airport,Ca

... drug dealer. One of the first things I mentioned was that we were traveling to San Fransisco, and not knowing anything about this guy he instantly said 'hey I live there, we should all hang out at mine, when are you going?' it just started to feel really weird. I tried to avoid all questions like that, anything in depth about where we were going. We asked who he was with and he just said 'oh my mum lives across town' - definitely suspicious ...

... einem noch schlimmer vor, wenns draußen über 40°C hat) haben wir weiter geshoppt! Und das Resultat sind auf meiner Seite 2 Shirts, 4 Paar tolle Schuhe und noch einige Souveniers...die kann ich aber natürlich nicht verraten! Sewy hat auch eingekauft: Shirts und Gürtelschnallen, echt cool! Dieser erfolgreiche Raubzug macht wieder mal deutlich, dass es einfach besser ist, wenn sich Mann und Frau beim Einkaufen trennen...es gibt ja nicht in jedem Gesch ...

... style when 'Journey' was on!!


Sun 30th Aug

One night stay in the lively San Jose to rest before we headed for Half Moon Bay and the infamous Sam's Chouwder House. Great veiws and fish dishes helped us for our trip heading south down route 1, which runs parrallel to the Pacific. many a winding road watching the coastline and the surfers before we reached Santa Cruz.

... mass in the world.


We left at 4pm and made our way to Vegas! The driving through Bakesfield we saw lots of orchards for miles and miles !!!!!! I know we've mentioned before but the Americans produce an unbelievable amount of food. We then drove through the Mojave Desert past thousands of wind turbines arriving in Vegas at Mid-night!!.

... and vineyard. This one was called Benzinger vineyards, we were given a tour of the vineyards then we saw where the wine was processed, and no, it is not done by taking your shoes off and stomping on the grapes (although I would have liked to do that.) The wine would be placed into these large vats to ferment for approximately 12-14 days. Our next stop was a man made cave that is climate controlled, it was chilly in there, this cave was built ...

... at drinking? Life is wonderful. After the baby shower, Jeff and I headed out to some local bar and threw down way too many patron shots.

The next morning he took me out to one of the famous beaches in San Diego. It was absolutely gorgeous. I wish I would have taken pictures and I definitely regret it now.

One of the days I was in LA, Liz took me to Venice beach. I fell in love ...

... things in life amid the tumult of daily living in the real world.



Finally (and especially after this revision), I hope this blog was everything I'd hoped it to be - informative, comical, and enjoyable - and that you've had a good time reading about the joys and frustrations of independent travel. I should recognize my favorite Travel Channel show Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations as an inspiration for this blog. If you've ever ...

... what a vast country the United States is. It also allows the visitor to relive an earlier time when the country wasn’t covered with asphalt and tract homes. Finally, it reminds a person that the great wealth this country enjoys hasn’t been shared by everyone. While I’m still sad that we didn’t get to see the fall colors in New England, I wouldn’t trade our Southwest adventures for anything.

Thanks for reading this travelogue!

... and New Mexico. I had spent a day driving through New Mexico in 1996, and thought it was beautiful. I had wanted to spend some more time in that state, and now seemed like a good time to do it. Of course, I had little idea about what to see in either Arizona or New Mexico. Other than the Grand Canyon, I wasn’t aware of any other attractions that might fill up our time. Fortunately, Lonely Planet had a Southwest USA guide (2nd Edition). After reading that, and doing a ...

I was at my friend kevin's house having dinner with him and his family. kevin was depressed because ho girlfriend had broken up with him. I said what he needed was a trip to Europe to forget about her. Kevin's dad agreed and he financed our surprise journey to Europe.