Downtown Santa Barbara

Today we spent a day in Downtown Santa Barbara. It's certainly somewhere I'd like to explore more. The beach and pier is as ever with Californian beaches, well kept and very user friendly (unlike the UK's beaches where it seems these days that nothing is allowed!)

There is a large shopping area which includes the Santa Barbara Cheese Shop which low and behold is owned by the same guy who owns the Carmel Cheese Shop and who we've seen on TV a number of times - you can tell he's very passionate about cheese!! We bought some bread,cheese and salami and ate in the seats provided outside the shop.

Then onto the beach end of State Street. Wonderful eateries and bars including one called the Kings Road which is pertaining to be a Britsh bar - hmmmm....had a nice pint of pear cider there though and a good suggestion for a pretend snake bite is half pear cider and half Newkey Brown - must give it a try.