California. World-famous California. I’ve had California on my travel wish list for a long time. If, like me, you’re a big fan of television and film, when you think of California, you think of Hollywood and Los Angeles and San Francisco’s famous Golden Gate Bridge, as seen in the opening of the TV series Full House. I could go on and on!

During the planning stages of this trip, to be honest, Monterey was not on my list of places to stop.