May 2011
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The rock gods of Seattle
It hasn’t happened yet, but if people ask me whether I’ve changed on this trip, my answer will be: “Yes, I like tofu now.” Also, I’m totally into Jimi Hendrix again. Until now I had only ever heard his most well-known tracks, and sure I liked them, but I’d never really gone into exploring his work more. Right now I still haven’t heard all that much of his...
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Vancouver >>>> Zaventem.
The Canadian customs officers were cool. At least they knew what couchsurfing was. What a difference with their colleagues in San Francisco. (Incidentally, yesterday I met a friend who also had to go through the double, hour-long interrogation in SFO. “So you also had to go to that little room at the far right and they asked you all those questions again?” - “Yeah man!”...
Washington.
The Washington part of our road trip got off to a wet start. Not necessarily bad, but seriously soakingly, drenchingly wet. It only stopped raining 48 hours after we crossed the state border. No wonder they have temperate rainforests in this part of the world.
On our first night we stayed in a Motel 6 again. We played “Spot the 5 differences with your previous Motel 6 room”, but we...
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Oregon.
The Oregon coast was even better than the California one. Even though we didn’t see any of the promised marine wildlife - no seals, no whales, only a couple of seagulls - it was absolutely spectacular. Massive beaches and crazy rock formations all over the place. I may have mentioned it before, but: Pacific Ocean = best ocean.
We ended up spending very little time in Oregon, only five...
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California.
After a twelve hour flight, the last thing you need is skeptical customs officials who hold you up for an hour and a half before letting you in the country. But oh well. Welcome to America.
San Francisco was great. We (Sarah and I) ended up spending five nights there. As of late, I was not really into city trips anymore, so it’s a bit weird how much I loved it. But I did. We rode our bikes...
