Winterbreak - Highway No. 1, Los Angeles and San Diego (Week 19 and 20)

On the 2nd of January, we got up early in the morning and started our trip from San Francisco to L.A. We took the Highway No 1 which is a street at the coast of California with a very beautiful landscape. Our stops were Monterey, Pismo Beach and Santa Barbara.

Late at night we finally arrived in Los Angeles - and then we had to search an Inn - which took us another about 2,5 hours (so our trip lasted about 15 hours)! The next day we visited the Universal Studios - and afterwards drove to San Diego (so I did not really see Los Angeles :(, but I heard that it is not that nice anyway).

The first day in San Diego we first slept in and then we went to the Gaslamp Quarter, the harbor and Silver Strand Beach. The Gaslamp Quarter was really nice, there were a lot of shops and resaurants. At the harbor we had a nice view and Silver Strand Beach was just to cold to visit at this time - there was nothing around and we also could not go swimming because it was too cold.

The next day I visited Sea World. I rode a few wild water roller coasters but far the best part of it were the shows. I watched a Shamu whale, a dolphin and a sea lion show. Furthermore, there were a lot of aquariums and I could see penguins, sharks, turtles and many more creatures of the sea. At the night I went again to the Gaslamp Quarter - it was really nice at night.