http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , California , Santa Barbara en-us Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:12:38 BST Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:12:38 BST Dienstag sind wir Mittags wieder gemeinsam essen gegangen diesmal zu einem Thailaender. Ich wollte testen wie thailaendisch er wirklich ist und hab mir Pad Thai bestellt dass hatte ich mal in Bangkoks Stasen gegessen. Doch das was ich hier bekommen hatte war geschmacklich komplett anders. Man haette meinen koennen dem Koch sei die Zuckertuete ausgerutscht.Am Abend wollten Michael und ich wieder http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-333783.html All zu lang ausschlafen konnte am ich Samstag nicht da Steffen schon gegen 10am in der Kueche welche Teil des Raumes ist in dem mein Schlafsofa steht rum gesprungen ist um sich Fruehstueck zu machen. Ich hab mich dann erst mal an mein Notebook gesetzt um die Wohnungsangebote zu checken. All zu viel Vielversprechendes ist da zu Zeit nicht im Angebot. Allerdings muss ich auch dazu sagen dass ich http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-333354.html Saturday 27th September to Tuesday 30th September 2007I had every intention prior to my arrival in the United States of utillising what little spare time I was likely to have by exploring this vast country as much as possible. I still have those same intentions but as I perhaps should have expected a combination of other commitments allied to a lsquosod it the sunrsquos shining letrsquos http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/Solvang/blog-331994.html Am Mittwoch morgen bin ich dann nach dem ich meine Mails gecheckt hab zu WorldViz gefahren. Trotz des Rennrads hab ca. eine dreiviertel Stunde gebraucht und da Steffen mir geraten hatte erst so gegen 10am dort zu sein war es auch schon entsprechend warm und ich kam dem entsprechend leicht feucht dort an. Ich hatte zum Glueck ein paar Wechselsachen mit. Lustiger Weise kam als ich mein Fahrrad dort http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-330809.html Heute frueh bin ich mit Julia Steffen aufgestanden hatte auch diesmal wieder keinen Jetlag durch den Herflug. Ich bin dann erstmal auf den Balkon gegangen und hab mich gefreut ... warm blauer Himmel Sonnenschein ... traumhaft. Sie sind dann zur Uni gefahren und ich hab mich erstmal im Internet umgeschaut wo ich ein Fahrrad her bekomme. Da ich so schnell wie moeglich eines haben wollte bin ic http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-330806.html Dank meines neuen Notebook kann ich diesen Eintrag des Blogs zum Thema Felix ein Praktikant in Santa Barbara schon auf dem Flug nach LA schreiben freu.Nach dem ich gestern 28.09.08 die Heimat verlassen habe und zu meiner Schwester nach Frankfurt gefahren bin musste ich heute relativ zeitig fuenf nach fuenf hat der Wecker geklingelt raus. Da ich zu viel Zeit hatte bin ich dann erstmal in di http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-330673.html Sept 12thWe hired bikes and rode over the golden gate bridge to Sausalito then onto Mill park the bcak to Sausalito I caught the ferry back to SF and Mike cycled back over bridge really pretty place Sausalito. great views over bridge although foggy.Sept 13thMade journey to Santa Barbara got up early and caught bus to Oakland where Amtrak station is train about and hour and 10 late so we s http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-324439.html As we ventured on to the Pacific Coast Hwy for the first time we were in awe. We hopped on in Santa Monica passed through Malibu sweet saw Pepperdine U and wound up into the mountains of Santa Barabara and the Santa Ynez Valley. The terrain changed totally and was such a refreshing and relaxing change from the hussle of LA. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-316233.html First off sorry there aren't many pictures. only 1 I left the camera at the hotel. So.. Today we left Carmel and embarked on the 5 hour drive to Santa Barbara. We drove along the Pacific Coast Highway which was pretty cool. I made feeble attempts at taking pictures while Jamie drove. The drive was pretty nice and drama free until we arrived at our hotel.When we arrived at the State Street http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-316053.html As our narrator has informed you in the last blog we set off from Manzanar heading west with no real destination in mind. As it was Saturday 081608 and we had no place to stay until Monday 081808 we headed out in search of a campsite on the beach. We drove down the 395 14 and 405 to the coast and arrived near Malibu. We wanted to find a place in southern California and kind of tak http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/Solvang/blog-315795.html I flew in another aeroplane from New York to Los Angeles. The traffic here is even worse than in New York. It was good to get out of the area. I did stay in Hollywood for the night first but didn't meet any stars and nobody there seemed to know me. I went northwards for a few hours. The Americans have a speed limit of 65 mph in California slower than us in England and often only 55 on freeways an http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-312220.html Turen fra San Simeon til Santa Barbara skulle i utgangspunktet g langs Highway 1 men Doris ville det anderledes. Det er ikke alltid like enkelt vre to sjfrer og en GPS men det gr alltid bra til slutt. Doris velger alltid korteste rute mens vi tenker turist rute. I stedet ble det da mange kilometer langs Highway 101 en lang motorvei som i utgangspunktet virket som en kjempe kjedelig kjre http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-312165.html Pero que noche ms extraahellipel peor hostel de toda mi vidahellipcmo pueden estar 12 personas malolientes en la misma habitacin sin abrir una msera ventanaY que trajn Mi desgraciada cama se encontraba al lado de la puerta una litera en la que como siempre me tocaba dormir arriba y sin escalones para subir obviamente he hecho la tpica maniobra hispanis y me he acostado en la cama http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-310722.html Es dura la vida del viajero Un da ms toca arrastrar las pertenencias hasta el prximo destino Santa Brbara.El viaje en tren dura slo dos horas y casi no me da tiempo a dormirme cuando llegamos a Santa Brbara...es perfecto bajarse del tren y ah ante mis ojos est el hostel...Desgraciadamente el personal es grande qu quiero decir con grande Pues que se haban fumado media Jamaica... http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-310721.html After a reeeeealllly sloooooow start to the morning we caught the bus down State Street the main thoroughfare we are staying at 3525 State Street and got off the bus once we arrived ldquoDowntownrdquo. From here we sauntered further down State Street looking for somewhere to have lunch we missed breakfast this morning due to oversleeping. We found a California Pasta restaurant that re http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-304458.html Well the day began with the sound of the ocean when we awoke. We had planned on a very educational day at Hearst Castle but we opted for a change of plans and boogie boarding won out The girls spent a few hours on the beach before we piled in the car and headed towards Morro Bay and the Santa Barbara area.Right on cue Christie had google mapped her way to another foofy coffee house in downtown M http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-299466.html Welcome to Chase's Travel Blog.We are setting it up and experimenting with some of its features. All this information will be removed and replaced by Chase before informing others beyond Maureen Emily etc who are anxious to see how this is coming together.We have loaded a couple of pictures plus a 10 minute video interview of Chase.To see the video interview you need to hit View Full EntryI a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-296757.html I dag har vi henta bilen vra en fin chrysler seabring cabrioliet e syns den e kjempe flott mens aleksander hadde igrunn nska se nokke som va en deel heftigereP vi kjrte fra santa monica mot hollywood 1tida grunnen va at vi ikke hadde ftt tatt et skikkelig bilde av hollywood skilfte me en genial gps litt flaks fant vi de me enngag vi kjrte derretter mot highway 1 som skuille bri http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-293813.html After just about 24 hours of travel we're home At least home in Santa Barbara. It's strange to be back among the reality of computers although we had ours with us cell phones driving on the right side of the road and our instruments.... although I had mine with me all along it wasn't used AT ALL. So here we are amongst realityThe time difference between Thailand and California i http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-286023.html Eine wunderschne Fahrt von San Fran nach L.A. entlang der Kste auf der Strae 1. Wir bernachteten in Santa Barbara bei Couchsurfern und fuhren am nchsten Tag gleich wieder los Richtung L.A. Auf dem Weg waren wir auf den Spuren von einigen Stars und Hauesern..... These are the pics http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-282292.html Solvang is a small town in Santa Barbara County North of Los Angeles. It was founded in 1911 on 9000 acres land by a group of Danish educators to serve the Danes in the East coast. Most of the buildings follow traditional German style. Although Solvang may seem like a Danish village there are very few Danish people live in Solvang nowadays. The city is home to some firstrate bakeries restaura http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/Solvang/blog-280310.html BOSTONSo here it is Our first blog entry. We were just trying to keep you all in suspense but really it was all down to the fact that America seems to only have 4 internet cafes countrywide Heathrow was a nightmare. We were delayed by over an hour waiting to get onto the plane and then while we were in the air we was delayed landing again Overall a 6 hour and 27 minute flight turned into a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-265154.html My lovely wife Dana suggested todayrsquos title. Shersquos the woman who bought me eleven sixpacks of beer for my birthday a couple years backFriday April 4th dawned clear mid40s and breezy. Before sunrise surfers were in the water and fishermen were casting into the waves. After unburdening my bike of all itrsquos luggage for my day ride I down loaded a route into the GPS. Intell http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-264521.html After a final burst of convention floor frenzy packing a box of business clothes and literature for shipping home it was back to the hotel for departure. The beginning of a nine day vacation had arrived.The freeways the GPS chose to route me out of town lacked diamond commuter lanes. Nonetheless traffic flowed smoothly after a noon departure. Did I mention that drivers hauls ass down hereSo http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-263705.html just returned from home and classes have started again. im not used to this. well i am of course the whole school thing ive pretty much done it all my life but really my brain needs rest.thank goodness for the open space that surround this desert. today i walked out to a point that is about six miles from my house and it was gorgeous. there was a little private bluff that i sat on slept on e http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-262183.html Haha yeah right. April Fools Suckers. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-261903.html We left San Diego for El Capitan State Beach just north of Santa Barbara on Friday 29 Feb Leap Year. Jon was apprehensive about dragging our home on Interstate 5 through the tangle of freeways that is Los Angeles. Actually it went smoothly except at the point when the storage compartment holding our sewer dump hose opened and resulted in dragging 25 feet of hose down the freeway. Fortunate http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-252534.html After weighing up my options I decided not to hang around LA playing Sal Paradise to Nic's Dean Moriarty as interesting as that would have been and continued my planned journey north to Santa Barbara hoping to enjoy some R R on the beach there.However the weather had other ideas. I arrived to rain the likes of which I don't recall ever seeing in England which is surprising because I'm pret http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-240762.html We arrived in Santa Barbara on Wednesday 23rd Jan having driven for 2 hours in pouring rain. We didn't know much about Santa Barbara before we arrived but had heard from one of Ross's work mates that it is a must see place. We checked into a funky motel with the lovely king size bed only a ten minute walk away from the shops restaurant and 1 mile from the beach. The downside was that it was pou http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-239711.html Well we just had to add a quick ps after heading off to the Fishouse this evening mainly because we felt our culinary critique of the USA has been somewhat lacking in recent days predominantly because we havenrsquot experienced any tongue tingling gastronomic worthy delights of late. However this evening rectified this. We started with a shared starter of crab cakes with mixed coleslaw and tan http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-233932.html