What first fascinated me about this city is that the population is merely 89.000 people. It's a small and warm town. With clear and calm waters and a beautiful beach-side walking and cycling track.
First I drove all the way up to Santa Barbara pier--90 minute free parking validated from the restaurant--to have lunch. My view from the pier Restaurant window was at the whole Santa Barbara beach left, right, up, down...this is my favorite one...
Lunch was brilliant. A Lobster taco, homemade, and of course another Martini to get my mind buzzin. I fugired; I'm only in Santa Barbara for one day...I'm going to live it up.
After lunch I went sight seeing to the most talked about places in Santa Barbara. First the Courthouse. A beautiful building that one would not think it's even close to being a Courthouse... This is again my favorite view of the Courthouse from the Santa Barbara Tower.
I was able to go inside and look around. Everything free of charge which was a welcome fact. What most impressed me was a hallway window and the hallway itself which speaks volumes of the time when this Courthouse was first built; the 17th century.
After chillin on the grass in the Courthouse courtyard I made my way to the Old Mission. It was really peaceful there. All the time I kept thinking; No car sounds, no highway buzzes, no buses, no nothing. Just the scenery.
Since the 75 minutes of free parking in the uptown Santa Barbara parking garage were coming up I swung by my parking spot...
...threw myself a peace sign...
...left my "footprints in the sand"...
...and drove back to Los Angeles. A trip I would recommend everyone to take. Especially those who want to enjoy bathing in calm sea, good food, loads of free parking, wonderful scenery and much more.
