Yesterday we traveled from San Luis Obispo to Monterrey along the Big Sur route. Traveling with us was Simon Laufer of Heidelberg, a Lutheran theology student whom we met in San Luis. Highlights included Morro Rock, Hearst Castle, the redwoods and the waterfall at Julia Pfeiffer State Park. Today, before leaving the hostel on Hawthorne Street in Monterrey, we had an interesting chat with an ethnic German from Temesvar in the Rumanian Banat region. He is studing medical technology in Zuerich, but is now travelling on holiday to visit his aunt in Sacramento. We exchanged some pessimistic observations on the European Union's style of governance. Meanwhile, Simon had headed out to a local bar to catch the World Cup. We made some flapjacks, along with a hippy family from Nevada City, CA. Then the kids and
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