From Here to Eternity

We were happy to leave LA. And I mean that.

Movie trivia: You may not know this, but the famous love scene from 'From Here to Eternity' was filmed at the Big Sur. So there.

As we had three days to get from LA to SF, we took it pretty easy. On the first day we drove up to San Luis Obispo, and happened to luck on a nice hotel and the town's weekly Thursday night street market. Part of one of the main roads is closed off to traffic, and fills with stalls selling everything from fresh produce to chili dogs to Democrat slogans. And they have a HUGE Barnes & Noble. It really was the first time in the US I thought 'yeah, I'd like to live here'.

The next day we met spectacular scenery (the famous Big Sur) on our drive up to Monterey. You'll see this features in our new blog header.

Once again, through a bit of good fortune we ended up spending the evening in a great spot, right near the coast.


The following morning was so glorious that Andrew had to prove his manliness with a swim ...


And we had trouble getting Miss Phoebe out of the ice-cold water.