21/7: Los Olivos is a small town in the middle of the rolling vineyard hills in the Santa Ynes Valley, just north of Santa Barbara. The main street is lined with wine tasting rooms, art galleries and exclusive restaurants. In mom’s fancy guidebook, they recommended one of the restaurants there. So, we tried it out.
Los Olivos Wine Merchant Cafe.
The olive plate was exquisite. Who knew there were so many different kinds of olives? Not me, even though I barely can count the number of times I’ve been to Greece on the fingers of both my hands.
We also had a sallad with a delicious raspberry dressing and a pretty strange, but still good pizza.
On the road from Los Olivos to Santa Barbara, clumbing the small Santa Ynes Mountains that makes a natural border between the coast and the agricultural lands inland, we came upon the artificial Lake Cachuma. A reservoir, but pretty non the less. And the scenery around it was incredible.
Katja Malmborg 