Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Solvang

Solvang was a different experience altogether. Its a Danish town with very interesting stuff and like I said for Cambria has a character of its own. Their website is funny too and says "no passport needed to visit this Danish town in CA". And describes it as, "The gentle rolling hills, windmills, quiet streets, horse drawn carriages, family bicycles, golf courses, horse ranches, wineries, Danish bakeries, authentic Danish costumes worn by some shop keepers, Danish morgaasbord restaurants, museums of racing and Solvang history, in the Danish atmosphere and architecture" is what you get to see. We had really good lunch buffet at this place shown in the picture. Everything was yummy. Too bad I cant remember any names. And those shoes are a little too big for Anoushka. no? They had wooden shoes her size which she wanted to buy. I wonder how they feel. wooden shoe? And then the best part was the cycle ride with everyone.. We raced with another family and it was totally fun! The town is bigger than Cambria but the main area was still very small. We saw old Danish architecture buildings etc and stopped to eat the famous dessert 'Aebleskivel' which tasted even better after riding the tandem cycle. This was a day after the inspirational Hearst castle trip and Anshu says to me, " This is so cool. Why dont we do something like this?" Just when I started to feel really proud of him for thinking 'out of the box' (now the swirls as he joined Nvidia) he says, "buy a small store in the town like this." I was thinking more in terms of creating a small Indian town like the Danish town. (Not something that was so mundane and doable) Talk about thinking big!

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