{"id":6488,"date":"2011-09-05T14:06:37","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T21:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=6488"},"modified":"2011-09-05T14:06:37","modified_gmt":"2011-09-05T21:06:37","slug":"solvang-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2011\/09\/05\/solvang-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Solvang, California"},"content":{"rendered":"

We decided to drive out to Solvang<\/a>, a small town in Santa Barbara county in California. We hoped it would be about 2 hours driving but, with traffic, it took about 3 each way (plus stops for the dogs to stretch, pee and for us to eat lunch). We took the scenic route up the 154 to Solvang, which I would recommend once – the monochrome mountains are beautiful and majestic.<\/p>\n

Solvang is an interesting place; it was settled by Danish immigrants in 1911, and the town looks like a caricature of a Danish village.\u00c2\u00a0 Aviva asked me if that’s what Copenhagen looked like (I was there over 20 years ago) – no, not at all, Copenhagen was quite modern, after all it was a center for Danish Modern design (which I like quite a bit). If you want Danish style souvenirs, go to Solvang… Because we arrived late we only had a couple hours to walk around and eat dinner (we ate at the Viking Garden because they have outdoor dining – we like to have the dogs with us when we eat, we usually feed them at the same time); Aviva copped out and had fajitas, but I had a traditional Danish meal of a meatball and Danish sausage with red cabbage.<\/p>\n

There are two missions nearby – due to how long it took to get there we only had time to visit one of them, the Mission Santa Ines<\/a>. We took turns walking around the mission (someone had to stay with Iggy and Jett – as usual, everyone gushed over the dogs).<\/p>\n\n\t\t