Big Sur

The coastline there is more dramatic with higher and steeper cliffs and as a consequence the road has more bends and steeper hills than further south and further north.

California part I - The coast and some more

August 5th 2014
California - bits and pieces from here and there When we started to write the blog entries on the California part of this vacation we didn't know where to start. We visited so many interesting places we wanted to write about and we want to highlight them all in the blog. After some thinking and rethinking and sorting photos and resorting photos we hope we have come up with a set o ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

16th September 2014

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Fabulous California!
Since I'm from Santa Barbara, I was thrilled to see you visiting all these places in my "backyard." Hearst got all his authentic furnishings from dealers he had roaming Europe, looking for monasteries and castles that were being torn down because the owners couldn't afford the upkeep. Thus, he saved a lot of art from destruction. I loved going up to Solvang for Danish pastries and then up to watch the (I think) cute elephant seals. What a great adventure you're having!

17th September 2014

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Thank you for the information
Thank you Tara. That was useful information you gave me there. I will rewrite some of the text of the blog to include what you wrote. Of course I will give you credit for that. /Ake

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