Blogs from Santa Barbara, California, United States, North America - page 14

We really pick the nights to get drunk!! Our last night in the hostel in LA was eventful but have the hangover from hell today and we need to drive to Santa Barbara! We had a drink in the hostel and were planning to have a quiet night until about 10.30 when we decided it would be a really good idea to join an organised group who were going clubbing. We told them we would find our own way to the club as we weren't ready. The getting ready itself was a task as none of us had a clubbing outfit between us so we all ended up wearing a bit of everyone elses clothes. The dorm we stayed in here was a mixed dorm so there were a few Irish guys also getting ready to ... read more

In the Last entry I commented in passing on my near lack of expenses during my stay here in Santa Barbara. In the interest of sharing knowledge and philosophy I would like to devote a short entry to the nitty-gritty of the thrifty self-sufficient lifestyle. There are a few basic necessities that any living creature must have in order to live a healthy and happy life. These are food, shelter (and in our case clothing), water, and for social creatures, community. And computers, automobiles, cell phones, iPods, gasoline, er, wait just a minute here! I've been tricked, it's a scam! Scratch those last several items. First things first. We must eat before we can accomplish anything. Here are some ways to do that without participating in the tedious and discouraging commodification of this most basic of ... read more

Im letzten Blog hatte ich ja geschrieben, das ich Antihistamine von Barbara bekommen hab. Es waren Tabletten zu je 4mg und sie meinte, das die Müdigkeit ungefähr 1h pro 1mg anhält und ich ruhig 2 nehmen könnte. Das war so kurz nach 10pm und ich dachte das es ja kein Problem ist, da ich eh nicht all zu spät ins Bett gehen wollte. Normaler Weise wache ich immer von allein zwischen sagen wir mal 6:30pm und 7:30pm auf und Heinrich ist da meistens noch so fest am schlafen das er es nicht mitbekommt selbst wenn ich erst noch ein paar Sachen zusammenkramen muss. Diesmal war er aber eher auf, was ich schon als nicht gutes Zeichen gedeutet hatte. Es war kurz nach 9am und wenn ich nicht aufgepasst hätte wäre ich auch wieder eingeschlafen. Ich hab ... read more

Find yourself a map of California, and I'll talk you through what we've done today. Obv, last night we stayed at the hostel on Hollwywood Boulevard - flair location, but looking back now, "crummy" is a very generous and particularly polite description - we got up and headed out to the coast at Santa Monica, very cool with the Pier featured in Forrest Gump's running and a massive farmer's market. Our plan to head north took a slight detour when Rachel got a bit unwell and wasn't really in a fit state to drive, as I'm sure she will agree. She did, however, manage to drive back to the rental place way back in central Los Angeles, I took t'other car too. So we've condensed down into one car (good job they gave me a massive ... read more

We've had a great couple of days here in the Santa Ynez Valley basically just swimming in the pool in between bouts of wine tasting. Now we're bracing ourselves for the Fourth of July celebrations tomorrow. We'll probably be settled into our new campsite on the other side of Santa Barbara by the time things get into full swing but whatever happens I'm sure it will be interesting because there are never-ending displays of rampant patriotism all over the place - I now know EXACTLY what the US flag looks like - big ones, little ones, ones on car aerials, ones on dog collars - if you have a special type of US flag you're looking for just let me know and chances are we've seen one like that in the past couple of weeks. ... read more