9/6: Well, Ferndale, a short drive south of Arcata, on the other hand was built in lavish Victorian style by farmers that had become rich by producing dairy for the gold hunting state of California. It really feels like a place from another time, placed in this hilly grass and forest country by mistake.
Even the public restrooms felt like something from an old movie.
I like odd and crazy and different architecture, I do, but this was almost over the top. It was fun, to walk around among these lavishly decorated houses with the extreme colour combinations, but I don’t think I would like to live there. The houses were just SO meticulously kept after, it didn’t feel livable.
But we had a delicious lunch in a small restaurant owned by this tiny, very charming man. And the Italian sandwiches he made us, my gosh, they did seriously rival the one I had at Paseo in Ballard, Seattle. I really didn’t know you could make sandwiches taste so good.
Katja Malmborg 