Last Friday, we arrived in Sacramento and had a great visit with Carla's aunt and uncle. On Monday, we drove to San Jose, cruised around on Stanford campus and spent a night at our friend's place. After a fun visit with them, we were off to San Luis Obispo area, driving down highway 1. The views were amazing! Reminded me a lot of driving along the Croatian Adriatic coast, except that driving was safer here in California. :-)
Yesterday, we visited Santa Barbara, Malibu, Santa Monica, Venice Beach and a few other places on our way to our hotel in Redondo Beach. We will be spending three nights here before we go down to San Diego on Saturday.
So far, the sights of California have been beautiful. Beaches, hills, houses, all very amazing. The traffic, on the other hand, is terrible. Next time we come here, we should rent a helicopter. :-)
We are very happy with the Ford Escape we rented. Originally, we were supposed to get a Ford Focus, but with 4 pieces of luggage, an SUV is a lifesaver. It is also very fun to drive, surprisingly.
Today, we did a lot of LA things like, the Hollywood sign, Sunset Blvd, Beverly Hills and Bel-Air. We stopped at this cowboy bar on Sunset strip for lunch and I noticed a mechanical bull in the middle of the restaurant. I just had to try it! Carla thought that I was crazy. She was probably right. :-) I rode the bull twice and it was a FUN experience. It always ends the same way, your body thrown to the floor after a quick battle with the bull. The bull was pretty rough on my legs, so I am barely able to walk now. It seems that every groin muscle is sore. All I want to do now is sit and not move, as each attempt at getting up is met with searing pain. Oh well, the pain will go away but I will have this memory forever!
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