J and I had a four-day weekend and decided to take the opportunity to get out of town for two days. Since we both have been to large parts of the Californian Coast, but not the stretch between Monterey and Half Moon Bay, we decided to make Santa Cruz our...
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I still owe you a little recap of my wonderful week in Austria over New Year’s with my family. We had an amazing time! Are you jealous? I would be. For someone, who learned skiing at the age of 4 (and snowboarding at the age of 16) and who practically...
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{source: my flickr} When you read this, I’ll probably be somewhere over the clouds on my way to Germany. I am so excited! We spent the last few days at J’s parents’ house in SoCal and we had a wonderful time. It was a great start to my vacation. Part...
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I am recapping the three weeks of fun that I had with my family this summer. See all related posts under the category: summer tales. On Thursday ( 8/11) our road trip was coming to an end and we made our way back to Sacramento. For the next few days...
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I am recapping the three weeks of fun that I had with my family this summer. See all related posts under the category: summer tales. After a good night’s rest, we got up early today (8/10) to explore the Wine Country. Being a geologist, I had to – of course...
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I am recapping the three weeks of fun that I had with my family this summer. See all related posts under the category: summer tales. We left the Bodega Bay Inn in the morning and our route today (8/9) took us further up Highway 1 along the beautiful northern Californian...
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I am recapping the three weeks of fun that I had with my family this summer. See all related posts under the category: summer tales. We left San Francisco today (8/8) to head north on Highway 1. Our plans were thwarted, though, by some mechanical issues with our brand...
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Today (7/8) we spent another beautiful day in San Francisco. We took BART into San Francisco again after breakfast and got off at Embarcardero station. We walked over to the water and walked out onto Pier 5, which offered a beautiful view of Treasure Island, the Bay Bridge and the...
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