Monterey Day 2

Had breakfast at the motel this morning.  Lots of choices, 2 types of cereal, bread and crumpets for toasting, jams, muffins, fruit, OJ, tea and coffee.

Then we headed off to Carmel today. To get there we went on the Seventeen Mile Drive which cost $10 to do!  The road wandered along the coast and we went through 9 golf courses!  It was a really pretty drive and we went past Pebble Beach. People had stacked the pebbles (some were quite large) into different formations and there was lots of seaweed in the water.  There were plenty of lookout points - Point Joe, Bird Rock, Seal Rock and Lone Cypress to name a few.

Then we came to Carmel.  Clint Eastwood was a former mayor.  It is a pretty little town by the sea and reminded me a bit of Tilba only on a much larger scale.  We eventually found a park as it was very busy.  We had a great time wandering along the streets, checking the shops out.  For the people who live in Carmel, there are no street addresses.  You either live north or south of Ocean Avenue and on the west or east side of the street.  Dogs in America are very spoilt and you can take them into most restaurants and shops. Pretty amazing, you wouldn't be able to do that in Australia.  In fact when we were in San Francisco a guide told us that there are more dogs than children in San Francisco.

We had lunch at the award winning Dametra Cafe which has a Mediterranean menu.  I had a chicken, pesto and pine nut pizza and Annamaree had Spanokopita.  The food was delicious and even though it was past lunch time it was packed.  As soon as a table of people left it was immediately filled.  They even gave us a complimentary baklava before we left.

We then drove back to Monterey and Annamaree only went on the wrong side of the road once so things are looking up!  We had a quick look at Fisherman's Wharf and then treated ourselves to a manicure.  A wander through the Del Monte Shopping Centre and Macy's and then we went to see what was on at the picture theatre but there was nothing that interested us.  

Tomorrow we are off to San Simeon.

Cheers Roz