Recently I attended a travel conference in San Luis Obispo. Since we were that far south, we hit up a few of the towns in the area. San Luis is nice, but expensive. We chose not to spend to much time being tourist there and went out and about at the other locations.
On the drive south we stopped at the Madonna Inn. We had been told there is a famous bathroom there that had to be seen. It was a different kind of place. The cafe is very decorated, with a hodge podge of style. The food was really really tasty, and a little pricey…I will eat there again if I’m in the area. We decided to walk around and see whatever there was to see. The formal dining room looks like something you see in and old The Thin Man movie, very glitzy and done up. They have a wine cellar, and gift shops. The gift shops are very expensive, and the service for tasting wine was not promising. We got tired of waiting and left the wine tasting, there was no one available to pour. At that point we returned to the car and got back on the road.
The first day after I departed the conference for the day was in Solvang. I have a miniscule amount of Danish in my heritage, and had been there as a child with my grandmother. I have told my partner about Solvang so off we went. Now granted Solvang is a very “tourist” town, but it’s fun. We wandered around and looked in the shops, I took some photos and then we went looking for our target; a place that serves Abelskiver. Abelskiver is a danish pastry much like the pancake balls you see on the As Seen On TV ads. Finally we found it at a little cafe called The Green House Cafe.
Walking around town we saw a lot of different food shops, trinket shops, and some interesting art pieces that are specific to the town.
We stayed at the Days Inn Buellton, which was featured in the movie Sideways; we won’t be staying there again. It was clean, but it is old and could do with some upgrading. The complimentary breakfast was nothing to write home about, or even write here about. If you do for any reason end up there, get up early or you will have no breakfast.
Following the second afternoon of my release from the conference we headed to Santa Barbara. It was a short drive, and a nice day. We opted to do the Red Brick Historic Walk. It’s a walking tour that takes you to the still standing and some still be used original buildings. We saw the Courthouse, The Library, and some other various building. I highly recommend this walking tour.
Our 3rd day, the conference (last day there) ran late, so we just hung around the hotel and hit the hot tub later in the evening. However while driving back we did see there is a place called Ostrich Land. However we were getting short on time so we did not actually visit the place.
On our way home we slid over to Highway 1 and stopped off at Morro Bay. We wandered the beach, saw the Morro Rock, collected shells ad enjoyed the weather.Then we headed home.
Road Tripping! 
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