Travelogues California

The Pinnacles National Park was only 1 ½ hours away from my accommodation in Morgan Hill. Since I had a rental car, I took the opportunity to plan a trip. And one trip turned...

Hello Hollywood

Golden Gate Bridge, Painted Ladies, Full House

first day in San Francisco

On Saturday we will leave the hotel at 7:30 am, breakfast will be served on the bus again. Today we are heading to Hollywood, where we have booked a hop-on-hop-off bus tour. We...

I'm sitting at the gate at Frankfurt Airport. With a layover in Toronto, I'm heading to San Diego. I would have expected to be excited by now, but I'm still not feeling it....

We woke up early today. Since we didn't have a fixed campsite with all the electrical connections, we couldn't use the heater. The night was so cold. Sweaters and socks were...

Wow, it's already been 4 weeks since I arrived at the Stults family's and they're still putting up with me! I consider it remarkable that they've been willing to hang out with...

Alcatraz tour

Let's go, 7:30 am

After a pleasant night in a comfortable room, we continued on Tuesday: The drive to Yosemite National Park, one of the most visited parks in America, took about 4 hours. We made...

On Wednesday, we visited a not yet well-known tourist destination (unless you follow social media stars like the Kardashians - no, that was not my idea 😁): The Malibu Wine...

20/21.01.17 After jumping forward three time zones, we sleep until 10:00 AM LA time. At 12 o'clock we take the hotel shuttle to the airport in pouring rain and head to the Air...

Our goal today is to return our rental car at Los Angeles LAX airport by 2:00 PM at the latest. Therefore, we start shortly before 9:00 AM, and Andreas drives the entire route...

The sailor and the nurse kissing each other is the city's symbol and is inspired by a photo taken in NYC at the end of World War II. Fish tacos and beer tasting at the harbor,...

This was a nice park! So much fun! We went on attractions from Super Mario, Jurassic World, Transformers, The Mummy, and Harry Potter. We also saw a show from the movie...

We made some stops along the way today as well. One visit was to Solvang, which is a ‘Danish town’. There were Jensens and Mortensens and Danish flags everywhere, and danish...

Great trees and high altitudes! In Sequoia National Park, there is the world's largest tree, 'General Sherman', which is gigantic. We were able to drive our car through one of...

We didn't see any bears, even though you can certainly encounter them in Yosemite, but we've been able to observe many other animals and take photos of some: ...

A Day at Disneyland Anaheim Date: December 13, 2024 Today, I visited Disneyland Anaheim, and it was nothing short of magical! From the moment I walked through the gates, I was...

February 11, 2024 Los Angeles This stop was probably more of a technical stop. Everyone had to report to American immigration authorities by 10 a.m. For many of my previous...

Friday, September 6th, 2023, day 6 Today we had a quiet day, unfortunately I caught a cold somewhere and even had a bit of a fever this morning. So we didn't do anything...

Unfortunately, yesterday it was too dark to visit the small town of Bodega, where parts of the film "The Birds" by Alfred Hitchcock were filmed. So we made up for the visit the...

One fantastic experience followed the next yesterday. First thing in the morning, with breakfast not yet fully digested, the Golden Gate appeared in a band of clouds (see...

Even during our last visit to Palm Springs a few years ago, a ride on the longest rotating cable car in the world, Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, was on the list. However, it...

What do you do when surrounded by palm trees? You go where there are even more palm trees. Not quite logical, but let's assume that for now 😊 With a means of transportation...

Today whale watching was on the program 🥰 Since we had some time before the start of our tour, we made our way to Point Pino Lighthouse. The Point Pino Lighthouse is a nice,...

Day 1 of our road trip from San Francisco to Las Vegas :)

On Friday, it's a bit difficult for us to get up. We want to leave for Chico at 7 o'clock - at around half past 7 it really means Can we actually 'Geh mer' now, and on the way,...

1.10. Pünktlich mit dem Oktober kommt heute morgen der Nebel und es ist kalt. Unsere Wäsche muss leider doch noch in den Trockner. Wir frühstücken nochmals zusammen, packen und...