With our busy schedule it has been quite hard to bring PP and KK together for a weekend. But we finally managed to do that on the 4th of July weekend and spent our first evening in Santa Cruz in a delightful restaurant called 'Chocolat'. We then headed down to Monterey and drove along 17 Mile Drive all the way to Pebble Beach and Carmel. No doubt, it is an amazing place and I can't believe I had never been there after 5 years! Makes us wish we were not that busy ...