Spanish discoverer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered this peninsula as early as 1542. However, the sea was too rough for him to land. So another sixty years went by before Sebastián Vizcaíno was able to name the region after the viceroy of Mexico, the Count of Monte Rey. And it was to be another 150 years [...]
Interstate No. 5 - a multi-lane freeway - links San Francisco and Los Angeles with a journey time of just two days. Of course the winding coastal road, Highway One, offers much more beautiful scenery and is one of the loveliest panoramic routes in the world. Provided it isn’t closed because of flooding or shrouded [...]
From Los Angeles to San Diego, the southern Californian desert reaches to the sea. Deep wells were sunk by the German immigrant grape growers who arrived around one hundred years ago to name towns such as Anaheim and Carlsbad. Later, fruit orchards supplanted the vineyards and ultimately gave Orange County its name. After World War [...]
Even if you don’t want to buy any batik clothes, leather goods or silver jewelry, on no account should you miss Amsterdam’s largest and most beautiful flea market, located in Waterlooplein (Waterloo Square).
Every day, stall-holders and shopkeepers try to sell their colorful and chaotic mixture of useful items, bric-a-brac and second-hand clothes around the [...]
