A NEW CHAPTER OF OUR LIFE BEGINS.
Bye house & Baja California.
On May22nd we finalised the sale of our lovely house and left around 1pm after the phone call from our agent stating "it's done !" , the house is in the name of the new owner.
Our friend who lives about 1 mile away offered for us to stay at her place but what she did nto know is that, next to both of us, there were 5 big 29 inch wide luggages plus many Trader Joe's shopping bags full of books and other stuff that I did not take the time to organise the last day. You should have seen the room, aie aie aie.
We decided to finally discover Baja California. After a lot of internet research, and knowing we also wanted to go for a last time to San Diego, we decided the best solution was to fly from Tijuana. So we stayed at a motel at the border, at San Isidro; next morning walked thru the customs and took a taxi to the airport. The other solution we had heard about - but which was not applicable for us in this case - is to drive to Tijuana airport (which is about 200 yards fro the border) but still on the US side of the wall, park the car in one of the parkings, walk over a bridge you pay for and voila .... you are in Mexico ! very easy.
When you fly from Tijuana you land in San Jose del Cabo, and if you fly from LAX you land in Cabo San Lucas, 2 airports, 2 different cities but pretty close to each other.
We stayed at San Jose first , small town which has an charming small historic center.
Then went to Cabo itself which, I must confess, we were disappointed with. Several persons told us how nice it is which is maybe why it "did not meet our expectations" . It does not have the charm of old San Jose. Yes you have the restaurants and bars on the nice beach and yes it is fun to walk on the beach with your glass of wine in your hand which is illegal and forbidden in the US. Yes the rocks of the cape are absolutely beautiful ! But we did not feel any soul to the place, any charm. So next morning, off we went to Todos Santos where , again, we saw charm again.. Then, we spent 6 nights in LaPaz. There, the city itself is rather ugly although the LUNGOMARE, the very long walk along the beach, is very agreeable. Also, the beaches around are fantastic, turquoise bleu waters with some teachers with water only 3 to 4 feet deep - heavenly - and the excursions are a plain discovery.
Swim with the shark whale (which is neither a shark nor a whale, by the way, but the tallest fish in the world) was our first one where I, being a chicken, did not dare to jump in the water. Philip, however, was a real fish himself. Another day, we went swimming with the sea lions and there, I pushed myself over the boat not wanting to be publically shamed for not daring again to jump in the cold water. Plouf ! there I was, wondering what I was doing in that deep water (geeee, give me hiking boots and sturdy earth) . I want to add that the fish and the sea lions are wild, we depend on the good eyes of the captain to find them.
After we returned to San Diego, we spent some days zigzaging thru San Diego, Encenitas, Rancho Sant Fe and Palm Springs before returning to LA and getting the luggage travel-ready.
Then .... well , this is a matter for next article.
19 years in 1 and half liftvan like this, it was a good declutter exercice.
BYE BYE LA CALIFORNIE
Apres avoir vécu 19 années heureuses à Los Angeles, Californie, nous sommes prêts à retourner en Europe. Nous avons vendu la maison en quelques jours. La vider complêtement fut une tâche de titan pour moi qui aime accumuler les papiers et autres brols
Une amie nous a offert l'hospitalité pour les jours précédant notre départ physique de LA. Avant de quitter la Californie, nous avons voulu découvrir la Basse Californie au Mexique qui se situe à moins de 2 heures de vols, juste au sud de "notre " Californie" qui du temps des Espagnols fut nommée la "haute" Californie (logique).
Voici plusieurs photos.
Bye house & Baja California.
On May22nd we finalised the sale of our lovely house and left around 1pm after the phone call from our agent stating "it's done !" , the house is in the name of the new owner.
Our friend who lives about 1 mile away offered for us to stay at her place but what she did nto know is that, next to both of us, there were 5 big 29 inch wide luggages plus many Trader Joe's shopping bags full of books and other stuff that I did not take the time to organise the last day. You should have seen the room, aie aie aie.
We decided to finally discover Baja California. After a lot of internet research, and knowing we also wanted to go for a last time to San Diego, we decided the best solution was to fly from Tijuana. So we stayed at a motel at the border, at San Isidro; next morning walked thru the customs and took a taxi to the airport. The other solution we had heard about - but which was not applicable for us in this case - is to drive to Tijuana airport (which is about 200 yards fro the border) but still on the US side of the wall, park the car in one of the parkings, walk over a bridge you pay for and voila .... you are in Mexico ! very easy.
When you fly from Tijuana you land in San Jose del Cabo, and if you fly from LAX you land in Cabo San Lucas, 2 airports, 2 different cities but pretty close to each other.
We stayed at San Jose first , small town which has an charming small historic center.
Then went to Cabo itself which, I must confess, we were disappointed with. Several persons told us how nice it is which is maybe why it "did not meet our expectations" . It does not have the charm of old San Jose. Yes you have the restaurants and bars on the nice beach and yes it is fun to walk on the beach with your glass of wine in your hand which is illegal and forbidden in the US. Yes the rocks of the cape are absolutely beautiful ! But we did not feel any soul to the place, any charm. So next morning, off we went to Todos Santos where , again, we saw charm again.. Then, we spent 6 nights in LaPaz. There, the city itself is rather ugly although the LUNGOMARE, the very long walk along the beach, is very agreeable. Also, the beaches around are fantastic, turquoise bleu waters with some teachers with water only 3 to 4 feet deep - heavenly - and the excursions are a plain discovery.
Swim with the shark whale (which is neither a shark nor a whale, by the way, but the tallest fish in the world) was our first one where I, being a chicken, did not dare to jump in the water. Philip, however, was a real fish himself. Another day, we went swimming with the sea lions and there, I pushed myself over the boat not wanting to be publically shamed for not daring again to jump in the cold water. Plouf ! there I was, wondering what I was doing in that deep water (geeee, give me hiking boots and sturdy earth) . I want to add that the fish and the sea lions are wild, we depend on the good eyes of the captain to find them.
After we returned to San Diego, we spent some days zigzaging thru San Diego, Encenitas, Rancho Sant Fe and Palm Springs before returning to LA and getting the luggage travel-ready.
Then .... well , this is a matter for next article.
Our backyard we loved very much.
Adieu jardin colore !
19 ans à entasser dans cette mini-boite + sa petite soeur
BYE BYE LA CALIFORNIE
Apres avoir vécu 19 années heureuses à Los Angeles, Californie, nous sommes prêts à retourner en Europe. Nous avons vendu la maison en quelques jours. La vider complêtement fut une tâche de titan pour moi qui aime accumuler les papiers et autres brols
Une amie nous a offert l'hospitalité pour les jours précédant notre départ physique de LA. Avant de quitter la Californie, nous avons voulu découvrir la Basse Californie au Mexique qui se situe à moins de 2 heures de vols, juste au sud de "notre " Californie" qui du temps des Espagnols fut nommée la "haute" Californie (logique).
Voici plusieurs photos.
San Jose del Cabo
Cabo San Lucas
NOT photoshoped !!!
Find the sea lions.
Combien de phoques voyez-vous sur cette photo ?
another kind of fish - à la queue leu leu
These guys work the whole day in the heat for some pesos -
Pas toujours facile de travailler dur sur la plage sous la chaleur, le papy devait pousser sa charrette de boissons et, vu son âge, devait souvent faire la pause.
Going to the US customs on foor; the thousands of cars are on the left.
On passe la frontière entre le Mexique et les USA.
US-Mexico border, the famous wall (iron) in the middle .
Frontière entre les USA et le Mexique, au milieu le mur qui est, en fait, une paroi en fer .
MIDWAY air plane carrier / porte-avions.
MIDWAY
San Diego Old Town, una casa vieja
San Diego Old Town
San Diego Old Town
Encenitas.
On peut vous livrer la pizza sur la plage, faut juste dire quel est le numero de la cabine de sauveteurs la plus proche.
ZORRO !!!!!!!!!
Palm Canyon in Palm Springs.
Old and new owner of FANGIO6
ancien (cool relax) et nouvelle (bonjour hawaiien) proprietaire de notre bonne vieille voiture.
For the car lovers : why Fangio 6 ? because when we asked for Fangio 5, they did not accept the 5 which is the number of times Fangio was world champion. Since I was by myself at the DMV, I did not know what to do and thought of 6.
Super, tu as réussi ! Ce sera le premier blog que je vais suivre, de ma vie ... comme quoi. ... jamais trop tard ...
ReplyDeleteAs tu d autres photos de vos baignades avec les requins baleines a la baja ?
Ik volg mee!!! Momenteel zitten we in Cales Fr. Dordogne! Ben benieuwd hoe het verder loopt. Dikke knuf!
ReplyDeleteIk volg mee!!! Momenteel zitten we in Cales Fr. Dordogne! Ben benieuwd hoe het verder loopt. Dikke knuf!
ReplyDeleteLove these adventures, feels like I'm traveling with you guys!
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