San Luis Obispo, pop 45,000
Location: Days Inn San Luis Obispo
Event: The reunion of the teaching quartet
We last say Amy and George in Abu Dhabi in 2003 and have always hoped to visit them in California some day. They live near Santa Barbara but are moving to San Luis (pronounced locally Saan Lois) in a few weeks’ time. We wanted to see where they would be living and in fact we even got to see their gorgeous new house. The town is very nice. Attractive houses surrounded by green hills. You can tell it’s more liberal than other smaller Californian towns as there were hardly any stars and stripes flying. There were also loads of really good bookshops, galleries and coffee shops in the main street.
Days Inn: http://www.daysinnsanluisobispo.com/
On Saturday night we went to a really good Italian restaurant with a very entertaining waiter who actually skipped merrily to and from our table. He carefully explained the menu items “tartufo – that’s Italian for truffle”, “we’ve also got frootiedimaree” etc. The food was excellent and the place was packed full of people there to enjoy “Pinot Weekend” - mainly people who ran vineyards. We were right in wine country – the Santa Maria valley to be precise and near the Arollo Grande area.
Café Roma http://www.caferomaslo.com/home.fsp
On Saturday morning we visited the Mission. It was founded in 1772 to bring the Catholic faith to the natives of Alta California and is described nowadays as a thriving Christian community serving 2200 families. It really is a lovely church and courtyard area right in the center of San Luis.
Mission San Luis Obispo http://www.missionsanluisobispo.org/
Despite the abundance of fast food outlets such as McDonalds and Taco Bell in the area, there are some great health food restaurants (of course – it is California). We ate at a place called Natural Café where you can order low-fat and tofu-based meals called things like “Buddha Burrito”. Brilliant.
Us outside Casa Kayser
Leon's Bookstore
Event: The reunion of the teaching quartet
We last say Amy and George in Abu Dhabi in 2003 and have always hoped to visit them in California some day. They live near Santa Barbara but are moving to San Luis (pronounced locally Saan Lois) in a few weeks’ time. We wanted to see where they would be living and in fact we even got to see their gorgeous new house. The town is very nice. Attractive houses surrounded by green hills. You can tell it’s more liberal than other smaller Californian towns as there were hardly any stars and stripes flying. There were also loads of really good bookshops, galleries and coffee shops in the main street.
Days Inn: http://www.daysinnsanluisobispo.com/
On Saturday night we went to a really good Italian restaurant with a very entertaining waiter who actually skipped merrily to and from our table. He carefully explained the menu items “tartufo – that’s Italian for truffle”, “we’ve also got frootiedimaree” etc. The food was excellent and the place was packed full of people there to enjoy “Pinot Weekend” - mainly people who ran vineyards. We were right in wine country – the Santa Maria valley to be precise and near the Arollo Grande area.
Café Roma http://www.caferomaslo.com/home.fsp
On Saturday morning we visited the Mission. It was founded in 1772 to bring the Catholic faith to the natives of Alta California and is described nowadays as a thriving Christian community serving 2200 families. It really is a lovely church and courtyard area right in the center of San Luis.
Mission San Luis Obispo http://www.missionsanluisobispo.org/
Despite the abundance of fast food outlets such as McDonalds and Taco Bell in the area, there are some great health food restaurants (of course – it is California). We ate at a place called Natural Café where you can order low-fat and tofu-based meals called things like “Buddha Burrito”. Brilliant.
Us outside Casa Kayser
Leon's Bookstore
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