Category Archives: California

oops

i’m retarded and even though i mentioned them, i did not upload the pictures of the second day of the yosemite-post. i just fixed that. it’s just three photos, so don’t get too excited. but i do really like one … Continue reading

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yosemite

after hanging out in san francisco for four days, my german visitors (who gets the ambiguity?) were ready for some nature. and so was i (how would i not) and so we headed to the Yosemite National Park. what can … Continue reading

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san francisco with my family

i was lucky enough to have my entire family visit me here in california, i was so looking forward to it! my mom, dad and sister had flown in to LA a little less than two weeks ago and had … Continue reading

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road trip – la and surroundings (mostly surroundings)

we had picked carlsbad as the last city where we’d stay over night. it is roughly 30 miles north of san diego, and even has its own aiport (as hendrik realized with horror, but that’s another story (and deena, i … Continue reading

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roadtrip – santa barbara

our next stop along the coast was santa barbara, or santa brabrabra, as i like to call it. we actually did not stay here over night, but only stopped on the way to oxnard (cheap motel again). santa barbara is … Continue reading

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roadtrip – morro bay

the second night of our roadtrip we spent in morro bay. as mentioned before: the main reason for this choice not being the touristic attractiveness or anything along these lines, but the low price of the motel. the actual bay … Continue reading

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roadtrip – monterey

so, after santa cruz the next destination was morro bay. the main motivation for going there was that we had found a pretty cheap motel there. on our way there we stopped in monterey, which is quite pretty. we didnt … Continue reading

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roadtrip – santa cruz

our first stop was santa cruz. yeah, that was not really a serious distance to drive, but in our defense: that was not all we did that day. we had the insane plan to drive into san francisco at first, … Continue reading

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roadtrip – intro

for the last 8 days i have not been in my redwood city homebase but partially travelling through california by car with my dear friend hendrik (for reasons of unambiguity also known as big hendrik) and partially attending a conference … Continue reading

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