Tag Archive: surfing
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.
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 :(
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.
the last few days we hang out in surfers paradise, perfect weather, nice waves and my first attempts to go surfing. i can say i wasnt that bad ;-) ok. maybe i was. but at least i managed to stand up on the board a couple of times.
surfers is a typical tourist city, scyscraper-hotels everywhere next to the beach, shopping malls, and night clubs. and that’s what we’ve been up to. shopping, drinking, dancing and getting sunburned. nice.
after that, flo and i went to brisbane again, where we met up with valentine who just arrived from singapore to join our roadtrip. some brisbane city visiting. i don’t like the city that much. nothing very special about it. but therefore, we’ve been staying at beautiful house in ipswich (near bris), where some friends of flo are living at the moment.
as i’m writing this blog entry, we’re about to leave for fraser island. one of the most beautiful places in australia people say…
