Angel Wings by Colette Miller The first thing we had to do on day 2 was to hunt for the Instagram- worthy Angel Wings. Los Angeles based artist Colette Miller has started painting these wings all across Los Angeles as part of her Global Angel Wings Project. As her website states these wings “… are…
Category: California
Los Angeles- day 1
Hotel When we checked into the last hotel on this trip I was immediately smitten. The first thing I saw in the lobby was this: It just had to be a good omen for the next two days. But the rest of the hotel was equally nice. Here is a picture of the pool and…
Santa Barbara
In Santa Barbara we had 1,5 days for sightseeing and shopping. The first thing we did after getting settled in the hotel was drive down to the pier. While Hubby got some maps from the visitor center we explored the beach. Then we took a walk around the pier. Equipped with the map for the…
A day at the beach
Even though it was not very warm we spent the day at the beach, just walking and enjoying the water and the sand. We walked from the hotel to Pismo Pier which is currently being rebuilt. Daughter Number One had hurt her toe the day before and could not get her feet wet but the…
Pismo Beach & San Luis Obispo
When we arrived at Pismo Beach our room was not ready yet so we decided to drive into the nearby town of San Luis Obispo. This town has an almost European vibe to it with little boutiques and outside cafes. We enjoyed some ice cream and shopping while we waited for our hotel room. In…
Highway 1 to San Simeon
This morning we started on the famous Highway 1 down the Californian Coast. Sections of the highway had been closed off for 1,5 years because of a landslide. The road was shut for about 12 miles between Ragged Point and Gorda, California, about 70 miles south of Monterey. It only reopened a few weeks before…
San Francisco
Still freezing the first thing we did this morning was to get a warmer sweater for daughter number 2. Thus equipped we tried to hop on a tram to “Fisherman’s Wharf”. We had even pre- booked the tickets via the MUNI App. Otherwise you have to pay for the tickets in cash. At $7 per…
Las Vegas to San Francisco
We slept in this morning but still woke up in time for hubby and me to walk around the hotel area a bit morning coffee in hand. The kids decided to sleep in. But then it was time once again to catch a flight, this time from Las Vegas to San Francisco. We had decided…
Traveling to San Diego
Today my younger daughter and I flew to Los Angeles were we met up with hubby and my older daughter. Both had already spent the last two weeks in the US, hubby working and my daughter on an exchange with an American friend in South Carolina. So after not seeing each other for two weeks…