February 19, 2017
Once our stay in San Francisco was over, the only thing left to do was to drive back to LA airport via a trail of interesting destinations. We left our San Francisco hotel at 6am so that we could make it to the early morning whale watching boat in Monterey (pronounced "mon-a-ray" by Americans, rather than "mon-ta-ree" which is what I had been calling it for weeks.) Whale watching was one of the things
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February 9, 2017
The last big stop on my American road trip was, of course, San Francisco. If you hadn't noticed already, 70s style is kinda my thing, so I was dying to visit the home of hippies. By the time we reached San Francisco my compulsion to photograph everything had died down a little (can you believe it) so I have slightly fewer snaps from this part of the trip. I loved the painted ladies - Victorian townhouses
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January 29, 2017
After two nights in our little cabin at Big Sur, James and I sped up north through California to Yosemite National Park. When I think of America I think of camping in the woods and boy scouts and sequoia trees. Yosemite has all of those vibes. Think Homeward Bound and Stand By Me and Moonrise Kingdom. On our way in, we stopped at the Wawona Tunnel viewpoint at sunset for a scramble up the cliffs. I
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January 22, 2017
After Salvation Mountain, the next (and most gruelling) leg of our US road trip took us to Santa Barbara. I can't remember how long we drove for, but I remember arriving at 9pm, in the dark. Driving across the top of LA took hours and we crawled along at a snail's pace the whole way. We took rest in My Vegan Restaurant for some delicious orange "chicken" and re-fuelled on craft beer and fries when
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March 23, 2014
Mine and James' last Scottish adventure involved a day in Dundee! We spent the morning in the botanic gardens. We were almost the only people there - it was a chilly day for garden viewing so we spent a lot of time in the rainforest area! It's a lovely space, but what caught my eye the most was the extremely grand castle-like houses that overlook the gardens. Apparently they were built as mansions
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