The United States of America town of Santa Barbara God's favorite (Photos)

A "sideways" to Santa Barbara this atypicalThe United States of AmericaThe town, along with Pinot Noir wine reputation here in. If say, God thick love, then he must live in the Santa barbara.

St. Barbara

FromLosangelesStarting US101 highway, along the North West driven one and a half hour, to tell the truth, the typical southern California scenery has let me start a little aesthetic fatigue, blinding sun with a palm tree, littered with small appearance similar to square box house, everything seems to be in the "copy" and "paste" the same, no fun. Perhaps to see my thoughts, sitting in the driver's seat of Michelle forecast in time: "we'll be out of the United States, welcome to Santa barbara." The native of local girl, in theEuropeAnd the Hollywood tour years later, still choose to return to their hometown to settle.

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A huge forest canopy cover with the same as one of the most beautiful in the world of Mediterranean style city, molecules in the air seems particularly transparent, everything would see glittering and bright, and the complicated noise completely different from Losangeles. That is called "Adobe" white brick building, those secluded alley, the staggered - each other with reed thatched roof and orange red tile roof and I've never seen a preserved so complete, build so delicate a single style city, even more than some of the Spanish city more like Spain, no wonder many planning and architecture experts put the Santa Barbara as perfect sample.

The town was covered with those called "Adobe" white brick building

This seat is reminiscent of "land of peach blossoms" town, built by the Spanish in 1780, compared with the coastal town of other, Santa Barbara has be richly endowed by nature of the geographical advantages, a stretching mountains north of the city, blocking the cold wind from the Arctic down, make it become natural cold harbor, even in a the coldest of the year in December and January, is still able to comfortably for all kinds of water sports.

From the beach to Cabrillo Boulevard led by State Street of downtown, red brick paved sidewalks lined with of every hue personality shop, antique furniture and clothing a superb collection of beautiful things to put full window, in which a certain vintage lovers can't do anything, fascinated by ancient with Michelle in a few minutes he scored two antique necklace, although the price does not poor the one and only, but. Extended into every alley is a traditional Spanish style courtyard, with classical stone fountain as the center, a dove in groups of three and four, the people sitting in the open-air coffee shop door bask in the sun, be riotous with colour shop door signs has become a bright scenery. The most representative of the courtyard to belong to Victoria Court, here is a great enjoyment.

Around the city most of the day, suddenly became the Santa Barbara's high streets and back lanes no advertising, no one! Originally, the Santa Barbara made city planning act tough to maintain the city appearance, not only against the outdoor advertising, even store signs font and size design are strictly. I almost didn't recognize went to the Apple store, Apple surprisingly abandoned always marks the brand elements, but only in the wrought iron arch hanging on a hollow logo iron. In addition, according to the city planning, a radius of twenty kilometers highway through the city shall not be. It is the dialectic wonderful, do not deliberately cater to win love, but more people.

"The Spanish people created a picturesque city fan", Santa Barbara people put the thick Spanish style has been retained intact till today. Even after the 1925 earthquake, still can find Old Mission this historic, magnificent; ornate; fascinating church, a wild profusion of vegetation throughout the year the European classical garden, built in 1790 years old monastery is almost allTravelingTo Santa Barbara will not miss a place of pilgrimage. In the Old Mission gate, we met a senior monk, explain this obligation voluntarily, right from the moment did not stop the mouth, from the monastery of history, architecture, talked of treasure flower varieties, speed fast. Take us out of the gate, a breath of Kung Fu is not, see a few guests came, immediately be jubilant to Reloaded: "welcome to visit the old monastery of Santa Barbara, has been 200 years of history......" Back to have a look of his back, I think, in Santa Barbara, happiness itself is a kind of practice.