After our trip through 8 national parks and state parks in the Midwest of the USA, we slowly made our way back towards the West Coast. Coming from the Grand Canyon National Park, we drove a long way along the historic Route 66, taking in the towns of Williams, Seligman, Kingman and Oatman. In our travel report we show you many impressions of this world-famous road in the USA. Interesting facts about the historic Route 66 The legendary Route 66, …
» Read the full blog postTravel Reports » United States » California
California became the thirty-first state to join the United States on September 9, 1850, and is now by far the most populous state in the United States with a population of about 40 million. California lies on the Pacific Ocean and has 1,350 kilometres of coastline. California borders the state of Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east and Mexico to the south. In terms of area, California is the third largest state in the USA after Alaska and Texas and the capital has been Sacramento since 1854. Here you can find our travel reports and photos.
San Diego Zoo – One of the most beautiful zoos in the world (California)
On our first day of vacation in San Diego, we planned something really nice: a visit to the San Diego Zoo. We had already heard a lot of positive things about the zoo beforehand, including that it is said to be one of the most beautiful zoos in the world. We have already visited many zoos around the world, such as Miami Zoo, Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Opel Zoo near Frankfurt, Singapore Zoo and Loro Parque on Tenerife, and were …
» Read the full blog postLEGOLAND California – Day trip with 2 kids from San Diego
Even as adults, we loved playing with LEGO as children. So it’s not surprising that we have lots of boxes of the small, colorful building blocks at home and that our older daughter loves playing with them. So it was only natural that we should make a stop at LEGOLAND California on our road trip to the USA this year. Things to know about LEGOLAND California LEGOLAND California Resort is an amusement and theme park resort in Carlsbad (California), which …
» Read the full blog postSeaWorld San Diego – Our visit with 2 young kids (California)
The SeaWorld theme park is one of San Diego’s main attractions. Having previously visited the San Diego Zoo and LEGOLAND California, we and our children were now looking forward to the world of SeaWorld. We had already been to SeaWorld Park Orlando two years ago and were very excited to see what attractions awaited us here in San Diego. Things to know about SeaWorld San Diego The SeaWorld San Diego theme park is a mixture of theme park and animal …
» Read the full blog postTop 12 sights & activities of San Diego (California)
The city of San Diego in southern California was the starting point of our almost four-week road trip through the USA. We had been to the city many, many years ago, but could only vaguely remember our visit there. We were therefore full of anticipation as to what we would experience in the city. We spent a total of five nights in California’s second largest city, trying out all kinds of activities and seeing the sights. Things to know about …
» Read the full blog postLos Angeles – 3 famous Instagram photo spots (USA)
After 2 really great weeks across California our trip ends in Los Angeles. Since we already knew Los Angeles from previous trips, we had planned only one night here before our return flight to Frankfurt. But nevertheless we visited 3 beautiful places, which we knew from many pictures on Instagram and had not seen ourselves 🙂
» Read the full blog postHearst Castle – The castle on the Pacific Coast Highway (USA)
After looking at some sights along Highway 1 this morning, a visit to the pompous Hearst Castle was on the agenda this afternoon.
» Read the full blog postHighway 1 between Monterey and Los Angeles (USA)
After driving a beautiful panoramic road on the Pacific Ocean of California yesterday with the 17-Mile Drive, we made our way to Los Angeles today on Highway 1.
» Read the full blog post17-Mile Drive – Travel Guide, Things to Do & beautiful photo spots (USA)
After doing a Whale Watching Tour in Monterey Bay this morning and then visiting the Monterey Bay Aquarium, we used the rest of the day to drive off the 17-Mile Drive. The 17-Mile Drive Interesting facts The 17-Mile Drive is located about 200 kilometers south of San Francisco between the beautiful coastal towns of Monterey and Carmel-by-the-Sea in California. The privately managed road, which winds between Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach, runs for a total of 27 kilometers (17 miles) …
» Read the full blog postMonterey Bay – The Monterey Bay Aquarium in Cannery Row (USA)
After doing a Whale Watching Tour in Monterey Bay this morning, we wanted to see the famous Monterey Bay Aquarium in The Cannery Row of Monterey in the afternoon.
» Read the full blog postMonterey Bay – Whale Watching with Discovery Whale Watch (USA)
After 2 really great days in Yosemite National Park, our tour through California continued back to california’s Pacific coast. The 300 km long stretch from Mariposa to Monterey (approx. 3.5 hours drive) is not very exciting.
» Read the full blog postYosemite National Park – Glacier Point & the Yosemite Valley (USA)
After visiting the giant sequoias of Mariposa Grove in the morning, we continued towards Yosemite Valley. Before that, however, we made a detour to the 2,200 meter high Glacier Point.
» Read the full blog postYosemite National Park – Mariposa Grove & the Grizzly Giant (USA)
After exploring yosemite national park from the east via the Tioga Pass yesterday, we went from our Hotel in Mariposa to the south entrance of the park today first to the giant sequoias of Mariposa Grove.
» Read the full blog postYosemite National Park – Things to know & Tioga Pass (USA)
After visiting the ghost town of Bodie in the morning, we set off for Yosemite National Park at around 12 o’clock. The eastern entrance of the park at Tioga Pass is only about an hour away from Bodie. On the way there we made a short stop at Mono Lake.
» Read the full blog postBodie Town – The most beautiful ghost town in California (USA)
In the early hours of the morning we set off from Lake Tahoe to drive along US-395 towards Yosemite National Park. On the way there we wanted to take another attraction that was on the route: the small “town” Bodie.
» Read the full blog post- Page 1 of 2
- 1
- 2