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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Family vacation-opting for close to home

Solvang, Ca was our destination choice for our summer family vacation. It's less than a 4 hour drive from Orange County.

A close-to-home vacation spot has several advantages for the large family

less expensive. -no plane tickets, car rentals or hotel stays for the trips in and out of destination.
a quick trip home. I love to travel, but I am also a homebody. Sky is the same, as are several of our kids...after a few days of excitement, we are ready to go home. Now. Right now.
less time away means saving on pet sitting, if you need that sort of thing.
if things are not going well, you can pack up and head on home.

Solvang, Ca-it's a cute little dutch town. Lots of shops, lots of snacks. :)

We arrived on a Monday, a bonus as a homeschool family-the place was empty.

My first order of business was getting some aebleskivers. This restaurant even has a walk up order window. I know exactly where it is. Exactly where. They serve diet coke here,
could it get any better? I think not!

the educational shot- here is what an aebleskiver looks like. Kind of a donut/pancake ball with raspberry syrup and powdered sugar. Why yes, I'll have two...or three...

The Williams-Sonoma catalog has a special pan, mix, recipes and even a video on making them. I don't have one yet, but it is on my
**list of way awesome things I wish to aquire...
Williams-Sonoma aebleskiver pancake pan & video here*

We hung out at the bookstore, of course. Solvang has two. This one has a used bookshop and museum on the second floor. Fun & educational! Garfield does count, right?
more to come about the ostriches, emus and minature horses- oh my!

Labels: trips

posted at 9:48 PM
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6 Comments:

At 4:09 AM, Caitlin said...: That looks like the most delicious thing I've ever seen! I've never heard of them before. Yum!
At 10:21 AM, Claudia said...: This looks like out of a fairy tale - enjoy your holidays!
At 1:03 PM, Liz said...: I think trips like that are the way to go, and for exactly the reasons you mentioned. It was only recently that I ever heard of aebleskivers, and it was through blogging, too!
At 1:45 PM, Blessed Mommy said...: Yummmmm. Enjoy your vacation. Love place close to home too.
At 4:49 PM, Aimee said...: Love your blog! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.

(When I was a kid I HATED the different spelling of my name, but now I like it!)

Your vacation sounds great! We visited S. CA a few years ago and loved it. We hope to go back next year and take a cruise out of LA.
At 2:50 AM, Nancy Hniedziejko (Nancy Ehrlich) said...: Treasure and cherish every moment. Your photos capture how special your trip was for all of you. Thanks for sharing.

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