Road-trip -The legendary highway 1

On the road! Here we come California /
Tien paalla jalleen! Valmiina valloittamaan California

It ain't always sunny but the views by the highway 1 were still awsome /
Aina ei ollut aurinkoista mutta maisemat valtatie 1:n varrella olivat silti mahtavat

Tourists on the run / turistit matkallaan

A mobile store in a camping area / paikallinen kauppa-auto leirintaalueella

Sunset in Big Sur / auringonlasku Big Surissa

Tourist in lovely Monterey /
turistina ihanassa Montereyssa

My must see place was Monterey and I wasn't disappointed /
Odotin erityisesti Montereyn nakemista, enka pettynyt

They had these amazing candystores in the Fisherman's warf in Monterey/
Karkkikaupat Montereyn kalastajasatamassa - jos olisi ollut pakkasta niin mulla olisi jaanyt kieli kiinni ovenkarmiin

Jose in the Fisherman's Warf, Monterey /
Jose satamassa Montereyssa

Fisherman's Warf Monterey

Monterey's Aquarium is world-known, and for a reason!/
Montereyn merimaailma on maailman kuulu ja syysta!

MR Octopuss / MR mustekala

Adorable, and we could see them free in the ocean as well /
naita hellyyttavia otuksia oli nahtavissa myos vapaana merella

Ready for whale watching! Didn't know yet what I was getting /
Valmiina lahtemaan merelle katsomaan valaita. Tassa vaiheessa ei ollut viela pienintakaan tietoa,
mita matkalla tulisin  nakemaan

These fellows stank but they were very cute /
Nama ystavat haisivat pahalle mutta olivat erityisen sopoja

Of course there was no guarantee that we would see anything in this whale watching. But amazingly we saw like 20 whales and they were circling our boat so we really go a good look at them/
Reissulle lahtiessa ei tietenkaan ollut takuita etta mitaan nakisimme mutta olimme aarimmaisen onnekkaita ja naimme jopa 20 valasta jotka pyorivat pitkaan laivamme ymparilla

Definately one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had/
ehdottomasti yksi upeimmista kokemuksista ikina

Pumpkins in every form

Nyt on taas opittu tärkeitä asioita. Siitä kuinka monessa eri muodossa ja asiassa kurpitsoja voi hyödyntää! :D kurpitsapiirakkaa, kurpitsajäätelöä, kurpitsasalsaa ja kurpitsasmoothieta. Puhumattakaan lasikurpitsoista, kurpitsahatuista ja muista asusteista. Kaikkia näitä oli tarjolla Half Moon Bayn vuosittaisessa kurpitsafestivaalissa. Homma voi kuulostaa vitsiltä mutta kun jonotat puolitoista tuntia ruuhkassa niin ymmärrät että amerikkalaiset selvästi ottavat kurpitsansa vakavasti.

I am an ignorant little girl and I am glad to admit it

Here I go again. I am sorry that I didn't write the closure for my trip in Asia. To be honest I was so annoyed and sick after my long flight to Finland. And I think I was experiencing some cultural shock after realizing how totally different world I was living in for several months.

But now I am on the run again and this time my destination is sunny California. I am glad to go but I have to admit that I never really even wanted to go to US and to San Francisco. Or I don't mind of course and I am happy to see the TV series and movies "alive" but I didn't have the urge to go to US like many people do. You might find it unfair that I am still traveling while you think that you don't maybe have the chance to do it. But what I think is unfair is that you more likely have all or most of your love ones close by. I don't, and the odds are that I never will have. Everything has more than one way to look at it :)

I was picky for once and paid a bit extra to be traveling nicely with BA and with good connections. The whole trip takes only a bit more than 16 hrs plus some which is in my scale a good traveling time.

As stated I was not very enthusiastic of traveling to US. Nor any other new place actually. I was just thinking how I don't have any place right now where I would like to visit. Somehow the world citizen thing had gone to my head and I was thinking in a way that I have seen enough. Boy was I wrong.

I fell back into reality just now when we are passing some mountains in Canada. I don't think I have ever seen mountains like that. I could see an avalanche and a small turquoise mountain lake in the middle of nowhere. And mountains as far as I could see and canyons and all that seemed untouched! Well. I know where I want to go next. And to learn more and see more. I know nothing about Canada and very little about any part of US and if I can see something extraordinary already when flying I can definitely learn more in my destination.  Therefore I admit that I am ignorant and I am glad to admit it because it means that I still have a lot to learn.