Day Trip Adventures!!

Beware the Picture Overload!!

Kaleb and I were over due for a little vacation. We were both over stressed from Kaleb job hunting and we both knew it was time that we get away. I told Kaleb that I was planning a trip, the only thing is, that he couldn't know where we were going.

I asked him random questions a few days before we were to leave, such as; ostriches or penguins, if he would like to try an aeblskiver, or if he wanted to meet Hans Christian Andersen. Poor guy was super confused! But he had no idea at all!

I was planning on taking a trip to Santa Barbara! While planning it and looking things up, I found that there is a a little town not too far from Santa Barbara called Solvang. It's a Danish themed town with windmills, Danish chocolate, and fun little shops.

We left early in the morning, Kaleb still didn't know where we were going. It was only a couple hours away and he tried to guess the whole way there. I let him know we were going to Solvang once we passed Santa Barbara but he still had no idea what made it so special until we pulled in.

The first thing I wanted was a Stroopwaffle. They weren't very common so instead we settled for a Princess Waffle. It was filled with marshmallow fluff and super delicious! 

The architecture was super awesome! And Cute!!

We went to the shoe store and they had the cutest wooden shoes in all sizes! Even a GIANT sized in the front of the store!

There were windmills all over the place too!!

We walked all over the place.

Just enjoying the scenery.

I had read reviews to check out The Little Mermaid statue. Apparently it is an exact replica that they have in Denmark. It was a lot smaller than I thought it would be, but still cool!

We decided to have pizza for lunch at the Pizza Tower.

It is also a replica of a tower built in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Pizza was Delicious!!

They had a few of these cute little phone booths everywhere.

A huge map of Denmark!

And the soldiers guarding the streets.

Again, the architecture is Awesome!!

We visited the free Hans Christian Andersen Museum. I had no idea that he wrote The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Pea, and even the original Frozen, but his is called The Snow Queen.

Some variations of his book The Little Mermaid.

Kaleb and I couldn't stop laughing at The Cowboy and the Black Eyed Pea!!!

The town sign was in an odd location in the middle of the city. But at least I got a picture in front of it.

Of course, we had to get Danish chocolate at Ingeborg's! Kaleb says he's not much of a sweets person so I just got a couple for myself! It was so hard to choose but they were so good! 

Off in a little corner, is the Old Mission Santa Ines, there are missions all over California. We walked in the entrance but didn't actually tour the mission. 

Everyone in Yelp was saying to try an aeblskiver, some kind of pastry. We were going to, but we got so full on other things we didn't have room for them. But there's always next time!

It really felt that we had left America and were in another country. The town was so well put together and friendly! We definitely would take a trip there again! 

I still had more planned for the day but since this post is long already, I will continue it in another post....

March 29,2015