Monterey, California, USA.

Kominn til baearins Monterey i Californiu og er alveg vid strondina.  Vegirnir sem vid erum bunir ad hjola undanfarna viku, thad er, highway 101 og highway 1, sem liggja medfram strondinni, eru otrulega skemmtilegir og fjolbreyttir.  Allt fra thvi ad hlykkjast um thetta skoga upp og nidur, i thad ad vera beinir og fallegir medfram sjavarkambinum, og nanast ut i sjo stundum.  Skemmtileg leid sem eg maeli eindregid med.  Littlir baeir sem vid forum i gegnum a leidinni eru fallegir og verda meira og meira sudraenir og thar af leidandi meira af folki af spaenskum uppruna.  Hitinn eykst og er mjog heitt adeins inn i landinu, en betra alveg utvid strondina, thvi thar er kaldur vindur af hafi sem gerir thetta thaegilegra.  Thad var skemmtilegt ad heyra thad i sjonvarpinu i gaer, ad thetta var i fyrsta skipti i 150 ar sem rigndi i San Fransisko a deginum 18 juli, og hvad haldid thid, ju eg og Einar komum i borgina thennan dag !!!  I dag forum vid svo og skodudum Golden Gate bruna her i San Fransisko og saum hid illraemda Alcatras fangelsi ut a floanum.  Sidan hjoludum vid yfir bruna og i gegnum borgina sem var einstaklega skemmtilegt og fallegt.  Thetta er stor borg og segja margir ad hun se ein fallegasta borg Bandarikjanna.  Upplifunin sem eg vard fyrir thegar eg sat uppi a haed rett vid bruarspordinn og horfdi yfir var otruleg.  Sjaldan fundid svona sterka tilfinningu fyrr thegar eg heimsaeki thekkta stadi.  Eg sat tharna lengi og let thess skritnu tilfinningu siga haegt inn.  En, vid semsagt komum med rigninguna med okkur og komumst a spjold sogunnar !  Thetta er svo sem daemigert fyrir okkur.  Einnig hofum verid ad sannreyna eina kenningu sem gengur ut a thad, ad ef madur klaedir sig i regngallann, tha haettir ad rigna, ef madur fer i peysuna sina og kuldagallann, tha hitnar skommu sidar.  Semsagt, vedrid laetur alltad eins og bornin gera, thad er, ef madur ograr og segir ad manni se alveg sama, tha breytist vedrid i andstaeda att.  Thetta hefur virkad agaetlega hingad til.   I dag stoppudum vid a leidinni hingad vid littla sveitabud til ad kaupa okkur vatn.  Thurfum ad drekka mikid vatn herna, og tha hittum vid folk a motorhjolum, tvo por, sem voru a leid til Monterey eins og vid.  Eg hafdi tekid eftir thvi ad mjog mikil umferd af motorhjolum var a leidinni i thessa att og hofdum vid Einar ord a thessu vid hvorn annan.  En thetta folk upplysti okkur um thad, ad nuna um helgina, verdur staersta motorhjolakeppni Ameriku haldin tharna.  MotoGP, sem er sambaerileg vid Formulu 1 i bilunum !!  Thetta er thvi enginn smavidburdur og aetlad ad i kringum 50.000 manns komi til ad horfa a thessa keppni.  Og tharna erum vid allt i einu og hofdum ekki hugmynd um thetta.  Vid aetlum semsagt ad kikja a thessa keppni a morgun, thvi tha byrja timatokur og upplifa thetta adeins.  Thetta er vist mjog stor vidburdur i Ameriku.  Skemmtileg tilviljun.  Og eg held meira ad segja ad keppnin se i beinni utsendingu a Skja Einum um helgina.  Kannski get eg vinkad ykkur i sjonvarpinu !  Gott i bili. Kilometrateljarinn er ca 25140.   Setti nokkrar nyjar myndir i myndaalbumid.

We are now in Monterey, California, but that’s by the beach. The roads we’ve travelled the past week have been really enjoyable to ride. I’m talking about highway 1 and highway 101 and the roads along the coastline, but they can be really wavy and diverse. It’s a great route to travel and it has my recommendation. The small villages we pass are also very beautiful but thei’re getting more and more southern and therefore the people are more hispanic. The heat is going up but it’s cooler by the coastline because there are cold winds coming from the oceans there. It was interesting to hear in yesterdays news that it was the first day in 150 years that it rained in San Fransisco, on the 18th of July, and of course that was the day Einar and I came to San Fransisco!  We went to see the Golden Gate bridge here in San Fransisco today and we also saw the infamous Alcatral prison. We then rode over the bridge and through the city which was really entertaining and beautiful. It’s a big city and some people even say that it is the most beautiful city in the United States. The feeling I got when I sat on top of a hill, righ by the bridge, and looked over the scene was increadable. I’ve almost never had such a strong feeling visiting other famous places in the world. I sat there for a while and enjoyed that feeling to the fullest. But we are now in San Fransisco, we brought the rain with us and made history! We’ve also been developing this theory which says that if you put on the rainclothes, it stops raining, and if you put on your sweater and your warm clothes, it will get warm shortly after. So, the weather behaves like the children, if you tempt it and say that you don’t care, it will change in an opposite direction. This has been working fine so far. We stopped at a small country store to buy ourselves water today because we have to drink a lot of water here. We met some people there, two couples, who were on their way to Monterey like we were. I had noticed that there was a lot of motorcycle traffic heading towards Monterey and Einar and I had even talked about that. But 2 couples told us that MotoGP, the biggest motorcycle competition in America, will be held there this weekend! MotoGP is like formula 1 in motorcycles so it’s a huge event where there will be about 50.000 spectators. So it’s a weird coincidence that we happen to be there at this time. We’re going to take a look at the event tomorrow. I think this race will be broadcasted live in Iceland. I might be able to wave to you all from there! The km counter is at 25140 and I added some new pictures to the album. Ttyl - Sverrir

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