San Diego, LA, Thousand Oaks, Malibu, Santa Barbara, highway 1, San Francisco

Now I sit on Royal Ground internettcafe in Berkeley, the town with the famous university.

I have done a lot since last time I wrote in english.

I have to go all the way back to San Diego and the 16th. We got here late because of traffic around San Bernardo. Big accident. We walked along the harbour of San Diego. Looked at some ships, smelled the fresh seaair and saw the sunset.

We walked around in Little Italy and the area around 5th street. Saw some of the baseballmatch in town. Decided to buy tickets for the next day.

The 17th we had a very short trip to Tijuana in Mexico. In this boardingarea there was almost only touristshops and stuff like that. We got some quit bad offers, we refused of course.

The evening we spent watching San Diego Pedros against Phillis. 10-6 SD won. For us norwegians with small stadiums back home it was a great experience. Americans know how to make something out of a match.

The 18th we droved to LA. Saw Santa Monice beach and went into downtown of LA. THere was plenty of good and fresh food inside the Grand Central Market (along Broadway and 3th street). After a spice dinner and a walk along Broadway and the square from Tony Hawks Skateboarding 3 we droved to Walk of Fame in Hollywood bouleward. It looks better on tv than in reality. Saw many of the stars and the Kodak Theatre (Oscar). And of course the Hollywood sign up on the hill.

After that we visited Melrose and the drove to Thousand Oaks to visit Vanessa and her family(friend of Kristian). We had a great time there. One of the best on the trip. Good to relax. The days there we spend surfing on Malibu beach, eating on In & Out(one of the best fastfood burgers in the world. No joke). We didn't use wetsuits so, we got a lot scratches on out chest/stomack. We also bowled and of course spent time with Vanessa. Met her family and boyfriend Nick.

Friday the 21th we left Thousand Oaks and spent the day in Six Flags Magic Mountains. We had a lot of fun there with the crazy rollercoasters there. The Tatzu was the best we had time to try. The complete course in a horisontal position.

Many hours later we droved to Santa Barbara for our next american visit. Some other friends of Kristian (people he met in a wedding last year). The days here and in Thousand Oaks I would say have been the best on the trip. You got all the tourist stuff all around in the US, but when you combined it spending time with locals you got another dimension in travelling. That's make the difference.

Anyway in Santa Barbara we stayed at Rachel and Jessicas house. A house full of students. The first evening(night actually) we spend at Butterfly beach. Good to just sit or stand along the beach in the dark talking with the host and some old and some new friends of the hosts(Tiffany, Josh, Andrew,

The next day we spend on the beach and then had a great dinner at Tiffany's house. Steak and chicken combined with other deliciuos stuff. The night we spent on Hampton beach and had a bonnfire. Stars, music and chatting. Something good to remember from the US roadtrip.

After a very good time in Santa Barbara we had to leave for San Francisco sunday the 23th. We droved along highway 1 and had a spectacular view of the shores and cliffs. It took some time compared to the interstate, but it was worth it. We saw the Hearst castle from distance, visited the beautiful Pfeiffer beach at Big Sur, and saw the sunset at Carmel Beach. After traffic into San Francisco we got here late by night.

Here in San Francisco we have explored the city by bicycle, Golden Gate Bridge, Chinatown, Little Italy, Union Square area. Done some shopping.