Another clear morning for a walk along by the beach. After a great breakfast at the Ranch Cantina (Daybreak Sammies for Cate and Nigel, Breakfast Burrito for Annie, Cinnamon Swirl French toast for nick and smoked Trout bagel for me) we set off – supposedly for Hearst Castle however only to find that tour busesContinue reading “Friday 3rd January 2020: Cambria to Santa Barbara”
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Thursday 2nd January 2020 – Highway 1: Carmel to Cambria
Beautiful clear morning for a walk today – 5 mins down the road to this stunning beach! I decided I would like to retire and live in Carmel … and picked this house 😊 We enjoyed the hotel (included) breakfast before packing up the Chevy Tahoe and hitting the road. Views were just astounding forContinue reading “Thursday 2nd January 2020 – Highway 1: Carmel to Cambria”
Wednesday 1st January 2020 – Roadtrip San Francisco down Highway 1 – Carmel-by-the-Sea
Another morning walk – the San Francisco Bay is just so beautiful and hard to leave. We breakfasted are the Boudin Sourdough bakery (except Cate – she wanted the steel cut oats again at the hotel … and some ‘me’ time!!). We loaded up the car and set out through the streets of SF forContinue reading “Wednesday 1st January 2020 – Roadtrip San Francisco down Highway 1 – Carmel-by-the-Sea”
Tuesday 31st December – San Francisco
Cate and I walked this morning … beautiful morning and not too cold. Breakfast at the hotel before picking up the car …. and driving (Nigel taking the helm) to Muir Woods, a National Park with amazing redwoods. We walked up the main track and then took another track for a hike up above theContinue reading “Tuesday 31st December – San Francisco”
Monday 30th December – San Francisco
We breakfasted at the Boudin sourdough bakery this morning before heading to the dock for our Alcatraz tour. (Well uncharacteristically we actually missed our 8:45am departure but fortunately managed to get on the next boat. After a 15 min ferry ride to the island we listened to couple of guides talking about the Island’s historyContinue reading “Monday 30th December – San Francisco”
Sunday 29th December – San Francisco
Cate and I went for a long run/walk this morning, up through the Marina district, to the Presidio (and pretty close to the Golden Gate for Cate …. not me!). We had breakfast at the hotel and then rented bikes to bike across the Golden Gate to Sausilito – a long ride (took the bestContinue reading “Sunday 29th December – San Francisco”
Saturday 28th December – New York to San Francisco
Up at 4:00 am this morning !! , getting a taxi to Newark airport for a 7am flight – not knowing how long it would take to very through security (which did take 40 mins). Just enough time for an average breakfast before boarding our Alaskan airlines flight to San Francisco. We left our bagsContinue reading “Saturday 28th December – New York to San Francisco”
Friday 27th December – New York
We were up a little later this morning – long days and lots of walking catching up with us. After breakfast at the hotel, we set out for Central Park, stopping in at the New York Public Library. A beautiful building , with decorated ceilings, reading rooms and research areas. We continued up though TimesContinue reading “Friday 27th December – New York”
Thursday 26th December New York
A little sleep in the morning, before heading out of the Hotel for breakfast to Bluestone Cafe in Greenwich Village (Australian run – and they know how to make a long black!) – delicious avocado toast! We then continued walking through Greenwich Village, West Village to Chelsea – very relaxed feel, suburbia almost. Onto ChelseaContinue reading “Thursday 26th December New York”
Wednesday 25th December New York
We started the day with an early morning walk (Cate, Nigel and I) over to the east side … beautiful clear and still (cool) morning. After a hotel breakfast (much to Annie’s distain – she was over the hotel breakfast – even though there were many options) , we headed for the subway to BrooklynContinue reading “Wednesday 25th December New York”
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