cruisehopeful
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- Oct 25, 2015
New trip looks reasonable. I think Solvang is about an hour visit and wouldn't go out of my way to go there again, but I know many people love to go there. It's mostly about wine tasting. The majority of the shops sell junk made in China.
I stayed in Pacific Grove for a week and the whole town shuts down very early. You'll be close enough to drive to Monterey and Carmel in the evening if you want to do anything. We were pretty blown away by how early everything closed in the immediate area. One place we spent a couple evenings at was: https://www.hogsbreathinn.net/ in Carmel. It's kind of themed and it's owned by Clint Eastwood. My daughter thought it looked like something that would be in Harry Potter. In Monterey, we did a couple coffee shops in the evenings, but they get full and one evening we went from place to place until we found one that had room for us to sit down. We just didn't want be holed up in our room all evening every night.
For dining in Pacific Grove, we loved Beach House Restaurant for dinner. We did one early bird dinner special and one night we just had drinks and appetizers in the bar - which was enough food for a meal. Great view of the ocean and nice area to walk around during daylight. For breakfast, we liked The Red House Cafe.
Your day 15 is maybe US. I would look at Knott's Berry Farm, or other things in Los Angeles that may be of interest like the La Brea Tar Pits, the Car Museum https://www.petersen.org/, or some other museums/botanical gardens. Just thinking you may be a bit burned out by then and I always find US to be annoying and disappointing and too expensive for what it is.
I stayed in Pacific Grove for a week and the whole town shuts down very early. You'll be close enough to drive to Monterey and Carmel in the evening if you want to do anything. We were pretty blown away by how early everything closed in the immediate area. One place we spent a couple evenings at was: https://www.hogsbreathinn.net/ in Carmel. It's kind of themed and it's owned by Clint Eastwood. My daughter thought it looked like something that would be in Harry Potter. In Monterey, we did a couple coffee shops in the evenings, but they get full and one evening we went from place to place until we found one that had room for us to sit down. We just didn't want be holed up in our room all evening every night.
For dining in Pacific Grove, we loved Beach House Restaurant for dinner. We did one early bird dinner special and one night we just had drinks and appetizers in the bar - which was enough food for a meal. Great view of the ocean and nice area to walk around during daylight. For breakfast, we liked The Red House Cafe.
Your day 15 is maybe US. I would look at Knott's Berry Farm, or other things in Los Angeles that may be of interest like the La Brea Tar Pits, the Car Museum https://www.petersen.org/, or some other museums/botanical gardens. Just thinking you may be a bit burned out by then and I always find US to be annoying and disappointing and too expensive for what it is.