All Sorts of Stuff

For breakfast we walked down to a deli place that operates out of the back of a dairy.  I got a breakfast burrito (which was very good value at $5 by Santa Barbaras standards) and we wandered to the sunken gardens in front of the courthouse which is a cool looking old building:

It was another cracker day so we thought we deserved a cheeky beer too. We also walked up the clock tower which gave us a great view out over Santa Barbara. There are a lot of building restrictions in place here and one of them is that you are not allowed to build over 3 stories high. This means that you can get a great view from the clock tower:

After our breakfast picnic we headed to the beach for some volley ball. I was fairly apprehensive about my skills and the court and as it turned out my apprehension was realised as a disappointing display of my dismal ball skills. I did manage to get one serve (the first I tried, beginners luck) over the net and I returned 3 or 4 balls but I think I would pick a retarded T-Rex as a volleyball team mate rather than myself. I wasn't too worried sitting most of the games out though as it was a great day to be sitting on a beach / swimming. Which doesn't make any bloody sense because it is basically the start of winter here. Putting on all the sunscreen reminded me of going out in Akaroa at new years, but I think it was even hotter here, around 30C. You crazy California!

In the afternoon we went to meet a bunch of Brooke and Tristans friends at a place for wine tasting called Oreana which wasn't really my bag either but I enjoyed having a yarn to a few people. Then we went to the Brewhouse again where they were running a quiz. It was a pretty good setup: They just asked questions and you yelled out the answer. If you got the answer right (and they heard you) you got a ticket with a number. Then at the end of the round they drew numbers out of a hat and if one of your tickets was called you got a prize. I didn't get any answers right but one a prize with the complimentary ticket they give you when you walk in! Lucky! I won a set of car sun shades for Brooke.

After the quiz we went to the neighbourhood to play beer pong. I was surprised to find permanent beer pong tables set up in the pub! I played a game with a guy named Will against Brooke and her friend Lindsay and I did a great deal better than my volley ball achievements earlier in the day. We got down to one cup each but Brooke and Lindsay won. After that I think I drank way to many rum and ginger ales but it was a good night (especially for a Sunday!)