Dad and I arrived in Monterey yesterday afternoon. The weather is cool, the Bay is beautiful, and the many seals are adorable. We ate dinner last night with Hope and her parents. It was great to see them. We're planning on going whale watching later in the summer, something I planned to do last year but never got around to doing. Today we walked around downtown Monterey, drove through Pacific Grove to Asilomar Beach, went to Breakwater Cove to visit the seals and met with Lama, my former Arabic tutor.
I have to admit that it is strange to be back in Monterey. None of my friends from last year are here. I haven't seen Anne yet, but unlike last summer, I'm the only student staying with her this summer. It's always strange to return to a place where so much has changed, and yet so little has changed.
Since I had all last summer to explore Monterey, I'm going to branch out in the Monterey Peninsula and spend some time visiting Point Lobos, Big Sur, Santa Cruz and Moss Landing this summer. They're all relatively close to Monterey and will make excellent day trips. Hopefully I'll be going to San Francisco as well!
Until we meet again...
