after returning from vegas we’ve been to orange county in newport, laguna and huntington beach. we didn’t like it that much, so we went on to pomona.
at the glass house we’ve seen copeland playing their farewell show together with i can make a mess like nobody’s business, lakes and person l.
it was an amazing show.
from there on we drove down to san diego for a couple of days where we hung out at the gaslamp district and went surfing in oceanside.
a very long and boring roadtrip to nevada and then… crazyness all over. what should i say… we stood at the excalibur, drank way too much, went shopping, played poker and went to the clubs. it was spring break and that says it all i believe!
here’s some pictures of our trip to yosemite national park.
we slept two days in mariposa a beautiful small village about 30 miles away from the actual park entrance.
the park itself is too big and beautiful to capture it in words. the photographs tell a better story…
we arrived in san francisco together with two other germans, sarah and her brother marvin, that we met in santa cruz. we took them the 40 miles to san francisco and stood at the same hostel in downtown near market street.
on our way up north to san francisco we stood several days in those beautiful two cities. santa barbara is really small but truely beautiful. everyone seems to young here and everyone drives around using a skateboard.
santa cruz was even better. we stood at a hostel right next to the beach and the pier. daniel went surfing with me. we had good waves for beginners and daniel managed to stand up on the board quite a few times.
also santa cruz is a good place to party, especially on st. patricks day (boy we were so wasted)…
we went shopping a lot but still have no guitar :(
we are going to california. oh yes.
starting at düsseldorf airport via london heathrow and then off to los angeles.
in london the magnificent lionel richie joint our plane. it kinda made us less afraid of crashing down. i mean, lionel richie dying in an airplane-crash?
no way!!!
everyone is visiting prague it seems to me. and because everyone likes the city and because i was badly in the mood for a short trip, prague finally became my destination. by train it is about five hours away from berlin.
everyone is right prague is a beautiful city with lots of nice pubs. we also had the bonus that it was winter, there was snow, just a few tourist. in fact it felt like we had the city just for us. it was great.
funny thing about visiting my hometown once in a while is that everything changes so much. after three months everything seems different yet well known. last summer, my friend sven and i took some nice photos of the places we used to hang out as kids.
after four more days in biarritz i was on the road again, travelling to paris to team up with my father.
we had this plan to do some cycling around the loire area. we started the next day from orleans.
to be honest the whole cycling idea was more the idea my father had when we planned a trip to france together.
suddenly i noticed that holidays and biking were’nt really what i expected it to be. to my defence the weather got quite windy not to say stormy and even my semi-pro biking daddy was a little surprised. nonetheless we ate great dinner and drank good wine every night. but i guess, that’s what france is about, right?
after three days when we made it near the city of tours we decided to go back to orleans by train. we stood another day in paris which was really great. it was my third time in paris but the first time i really found myself enjoying it. ok, the last time i’ve been there we got robbed while we slept in a park at pont neuf. that might very well be one reason for my ambivalent feelings for paris. anyway it was great.
finally on our way home we decided to take a route through belgium where we could visit the beautiful city of bruges. ever since that movie i wanted to go there to see what it’s like. i can tell it’s just like in the movie and maybe even better.
up next is a trip to california in march. maybe a little bit spring break in mexico? we’ll see…
since my five-week-travel in australia and korea too much time had passed. everyday i was thinking about the next big thing. well australia was expensive and i only had about 10 days left this year for some travelling to do. so i decided to do small trip and visit spain and france in this years off-season in september.
we took a cheap plane to santander, located on the northcoast of spain direct at the atlantic ocean. since australia i badly wanted to check out how surfin in europe feels like. i heard of a great spot called somo, which was just a ferry-ride away from santander. quite a surfing community established in this tiny city with the amazing beach.
the waves were quiete big and we had big problems to even get into the water. to be fair, the waves were very high and i’m still a beginner :-)
a few days later we travelled down the coast to biarritz in france. biarritz is a beautiful place as well but i dont recommend that unless you have some good money to spend on things you can get much cheaper anywhere else. :) btw if you’re backpacking and still want to go, stay at the surfhostel. it is run by australians, you’ll have a board and a bike within the price. the stay was different then i expected because it has unlike a typical hostel very much the feel of a flatshare.
