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18.05.2009
03.05.2009
Jenter på tur!
After almost 20 hours on a Greyhound bus I arrived in San Francisco where Marie and Belinda picked me up in a white, clean, Nissan rental car. And after plotting in "south" on our GPS, we were ready for another road trip.
Here's a summary.
We quickly realized we were to have an exciting start, trying to get out of San Francisco in the rush hour(s). It took us a little while, and lots of people honked at us, but we made it out to hwy1 alive and were happily able to relax and "cruise" all the way to Santa Cruz (høhø..). Anyways, that's about all that happened that day. We arrived in Santa Cruz after dark, parked the car and fell asleep. When we woke up we were all cold and hungry for a shower, so we bought ourselves a day pass to a gym in town so we could feel healthy and clean.
After lazing around in the swimming pool, the sauna, learning about hummus in the steam room and trying out other gym stuff, we drove down to the Santa Cruz boardwalk to have lunch on the beach.
After a very windy picnic we decided we couldn't leave Santa Cruz without having been at the "Mystery Spot", so we drove out to the woods and got to hang at a 17 degree angle and ponder the mysteries, which was pretty cool for 5 dollars.
We eventually got moving further south, but stopped in Carmel since we'd heard the coast south of there down to Cambria would be the prettiest part and we wanted to see that in daylight. So we parked our little Nissan outside a nice
neighborhood, cooked up a pretty good pasta meal, curled up in the car seats and went to sleep.
We walked around Santa Barbara for a little while the next day, and it's a really pretty little city, but the beach was too cold for sunbathing so we got in the car and drove down to L.A and Santa Monica, hoping that beach would be warmer.
Again we got stuck in rush traffic, and the L.A traffic is so much worse than the San Francisco traffic that when we arrived at our destination we were happier about being alive than we had ever been before. Not only was the traffic going faster, there were up to 6 lanes each way, packed with cars, going 50-80 miles per hour (80-120km/h). It was scary, but at least now we're not afraid to drive in Oslo anymore.
L.A wasn't any warmer than Santa Barbara, and with neither of us being very excited about the city of angels we only stayed for one night. We wanted to see all the famous stuff though, so we booked a tour and went sightseeing like real tourists. Venice Beach, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills (only famous person house we saw was one that Marilyn Monroe supposedly lived in at some point), Sunset Strip, Hollywood walk of fame, Chinese Theatre, Kodak Theatre, Farmers Market.
The Farmers Market was really cool, the other stuff wasn't very impressive. As Belinda put it when we were at the Hollywood walk of fame; "det ser litt ut som ein halvferdig byggeplass" (It kinda looks a little bit like a halfway finished construction site).
Pictures, the rest of the road trip and a summary of the past week(s) might be up before I get back to Norway. Right now I'm enjoying life and the sun in Boulder, Colorado, drinking tea, climbing and hanging out with Hana and Josh (and soon Flannery!)
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Here's a summary.
We quickly realized we were to have an exciting start, trying to get out of San Francisco in the rush hour(s). It took us a little while, and lots of people honked at us, but we made it out to hwy1 alive and were happily able to relax and "cruise" all the way to Santa Cruz (høhø..). Anyways, that's about all that happened that day. We arrived in Santa Cruz after dark, parked the car and fell asleep. When we woke up we were all cold and hungry for a shower, so we bought ourselves a day pass to a gym in town so we could feel healthy and clean.
After lazing around in the swimming pool, the sauna, learning about hummus in the steam room and trying out other gym stuff, we drove down to the Santa Cruz boardwalk to have lunch on the beach.After a very windy picnic we decided we couldn't leave Santa Cruz without having been at the "Mystery Spot", so we drove out to the woods and got to hang at a 17 degree angle and ponder the mysteries, which was pretty cool for 5 dollars.
We eventually got moving further south, but stopped in Carmel since we'd heard the coast south of there down to Cambria would be the prettiest part and we wanted to see that in daylight. So we parked our little Nissan outside a nice
neighborhood, cooked up a pretty good pasta meal, curled up in the car seats and went to sleep.The next morning was colder than the one before, but as soon as the sun came out we drove to the nearest cliff suitable for a pancake breakfast.
The coast south of Carmel was even more beautiful than we had imagined and we had a really great day stopping at almost every mile and seeing such amazing nature. There were flowers everywhere, in all sorts of different colors, birds and elephant seals and friendly locals (one woman we talked to gave us each a free surfing dvd).
After eating lunch in sweet little Cambria, we drove almost directly to Santa Barbara, and once again in need of a shower and a good night's sleep, booked outselves in to a hostel.
The coast south of Carmel was even more beautiful than we had imagined and we had a really great day stopping at almost every mile and seeing such amazing nature. There were flowers everywhere, in all sorts of different colors, birds and elephant seals and friendly locals (one woman we talked to gave us each a free surfing dvd).
After eating lunch in sweet little Cambria, we drove almost directly to Santa Barbara, and once again in need of a shower and a good night's sleep, booked outselves in to a hostel.
We walked around Santa Barbara for a little while the next day, and it's a really pretty little city, but the beach was too cold for sunbathing so we got in the car and drove down to L.A and Santa Monica, hoping that beach would be warmer.
Again we got stuck in rush traffic, and the L.A traffic is so much worse than the San Francisco traffic that when we arrived at our destination we were happier about being alive than we had ever been before. Not only was the traffic going faster, there were up to 6 lanes each way, packed with cars, going 50-80 miles per hour (80-120km/h). It was scary, but at least now we're not afraid to drive in Oslo anymore.
L.A wasn't any warmer than Santa Barbara, and with neither of us being very excited about the city of angels we only stayed for one night. We wanted to see all the famous stuff though, so we booked a tour and went sightseeing like real tourists. Venice Beach, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills (only famous person house we saw was one that Marilyn Monroe supposedly lived in at some point), Sunset Strip, Hollywood walk of fame, Chinese Theatre, Kodak Theatre, Farmers Market.
The Farmers Market was really cool, the other stuff wasn't very impressive. As Belinda put it when we were at the Hollywood walk of fame; "det ser litt ut som ein halvferdig byggeplass" (It kinda looks a little bit like a halfway finished construction site).
Pictures, the rest of the road trip and a summary of the past week(s) might be up before I get back to Norway. Right now I'm enjoying life and the sun in Boulder, Colorado, drinking tea, climbing and hanging out with Hana and Josh (and soon Flannery!)
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