- [Brad] Is it nice?
(laughs)
- It takes awhile for the flavour to hit
but when it does it's like an explosion in your mouth.
(energetic new age music)
- Good morning world.
(laughter)
Hello!
- [Brad] We're just leaving President's Inn
where the president stays. (laughs)
I don't think so.
Paying $200 USD a night for this place
and um, it's very, very basic.
But we booked it last minute.
We got in last night, late last night
and both very tired last night.
But we've had a good rest and now here we are,
fresh this morning and we're about to jump
in our highway car, which is behind us. The Buick!
And we're about to get some breakfast.
- At Loulou's.
- [Brad] At Loulou's.
How you feeling Robsy?
- I'm a bit tired but now the fresh hair, air (jabbers)
(laughter) has hit me.
- It's been a long--
- Just feeling good.
(laughter)
- Too many distractions?
- We need coffee, basically.
- Yeah, we need coffee.
- [Robyn] And our omelette.
(energetic new age music)
(restaurant voices talking loudly)
- [Brad] What do you feel like? The omelette again?
- [Robyn] Yeah!
- [Brad] Which one? Pop Eye Jack?
We can design our own omelette.
Do you wanna get three eggs?
(energetic new age music)
- How amazing is that?
- It's so good.
- [Brad] Yeah?
Breakfast at Loulou's.
- Alright, 20 past ten.
We're at Loulou's, griddle in the middle!
We just finished breakfast.
We had omelettes and bottomless coffee.
That's what I love about America. Bottomless coffee.
In fact, mine's almost at the bottom.
But we're about to leave now.
- Are you trying to give me a hard time?
I'll come get you coffee, okay?
- Oh, no no!
- Oh, okay! (laughs)
- I was just saying... No, no, no. (laughs)
It's cool, see? Anyway, really great culture here.
Love this place. Right on the pier in Monterey
and here we're about to head off now
and go down to Carmel-by-the-Sea,
which is apparently really beautiful here on Highway 1,
and check out Carmel-by-the-Sea.
And then I think we'll come back
to go to the aquarium and check out the aquarium here.
Apparently the aquarium is the place to check out.
It's over the aircraft.
Anyway, so we're going to head off
and get a bit of a tan, and enjoy our time here.
She lost her phone, now she's found it again.
It's okay, Robsy, we can go now.
(laughs)
- You know the feeling!
- [Brad] I know the feeling.
(energetic new age music)
- [Brad] Welcome to Carmel-by-the-Sea.
- Hello there, sir.
- [Brad] Give me your hand.
- Hi there, sir. Thank you very much for having me.
- Alright, Carmel-by-the-Sea. Here we are.
We're about to check out this place. It looks amazing.
Just driving here and finding a park.
And we're about to explore this area.
See what Carmel-by-the-Sea has to offer.
- [Brad] This place is amazing!
I love all these little boutique places.
The bakery.
- [Robyn] Look!
- [Brad] Ah, get out of here.
- [Robyn] Look at this.
- [Brad] No way.
(energetic new age music)
- Just walking through Carmel-by-the-Sea now,
and some of the shops here are just amazing.
We've just come from a bakery.
And just the decor here and the boutique shops here
is just incredible. What do you think Robsy?
How amazing is it?
- I love it.
- How good is it?
- Robyn! It's got your name on it. Robyn, look!
Robyn with an I-N. Robyn is actually an artist.
So she's done a lot of paintings and of animals.
She's from South Africa, so she's done like
elephants and a cheetah.
Was it a cheetah or a leopard?
- [Robyn] A leopard.
- A leopard. So she's like a proper artist.
She's totally inspired by--
She's really, I'm really happy for her!
One day she's going to own a studio like this.
- Like this, exactly like this
and I'll paint in my little corner.
- Yeah. Anyway this is like a little bit
of a memory for her. She'll look back on this video.
One day she'll own a studio like this. Won't you?
- [Both] Yes.
(energetic new age music)
- This is a really cool place.
What do you think of it Robsy?
- I love it. I love it so much.
There are so many art galleries, I'm in my element.
- [Brad] Every second--
- [Robyn] Everywhere!
- Every second place here is an art gallery.
So, as an artist, she's definitely in her element.
- It's so boutique-y.
- I'm being dragged into every art shop here so--
- And you're gonna be dragged into more.
(energetic new age music)
- [Robyn] Everything's so--
- [Brad] This is all Alice in Wonderland stuff.
- [Robyn] This is all Alice in Wonderland.
- All of it. - Yeah.
- [Robyn] Has anyone seen anything like this before?
- [Brad] Aw, look at that! That is crazy!
Turn around.
(smacking lips)
This place is insane.
- White Rabbit.
- [Brad] The White Rabbit in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
- Yeah. And this is an Alice-in-Wonderland-inspired shop.
And it's like walking into the book itself.
You're just surrounded by--
And all these memories are coming back
'cause I read it as a kid. Haven't read it since.
And it's like, "I'm late! I'm late!"
(laughs)
You know, that.
(energetic new age music)
- [Brad] This is insane. Look at the variety here.
- [Robyn] Sea salt!
- [Brad] We've gotta get that.
Is it nice? (laughs)
Is it nice?
- It takes awhile for the flavour to hit
but when it does it's like an explosion in your mouth.
Oh my gosh, you've gotta try some.
- [Brad] Is it that one?
- No seriously.
- [Brad] Is that what he gave you?
- Yeah.
- [Robyn] That's a local one that's made here.
- This fudge is amazing. Absolutely amazing.
Made here apparently. Wow.
Guys, we just found the shops in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Check this out, I'll show you.
Gluten-free fudge. (laughs)
Totally amazing. Absolutely amazing.
We haven't finished in this shop yet, we're gonna try
every single one of these before we leave.
And then we're gonna take a box with us
so we can have it for the next week.
We're gonna ask if they can
ship the whole shop to our house.
(laughter)
So we've been in here for about 15 minutes.
We don't wanna leave.
In fact, we wanna buy shares in this place.
We've just ordered a box of fudge.
You know what? I don't often eat fudge but--
- [Robyn] The last time I ate fudge was with you.
- [Brad] That's right. A couple of days ago.
- Before that was when I was ten years old. This is a treat.
- You gotta check out this place
if you're ever in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
You definitely have to come and check out this place.
Let's do something different.
Alright folks, it is two o'clock in the afternoon.
Getting back in the car. Beautiful hot sunny day.
We're actually leaving Carmel-by-the-Sea.
We're about to do a 17 mile drive,
which apparently is one of the attractions.
I love that, so much. We have to buy a convertible.
- [Robyn] Mm-hmm.
- You gotta do this in a convertible.
So we're about to do 17 miles but yeah, Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Beautiful area. Lots of art galleries here.
Clint Eastwood apparently was the mayor,
and apparently lives here. Did you know that?
- [Robyn] Still, is he?
- Apparently he lives here.
(soothing new age music)
- [Brad] It says, "Follow the red-dashed line in the roadway
and wind through the impressive Del Monte Forest."
(relaxed new age music)
- I like these ones, 'cause they're not so sweet.
- [Brad] I like those ones.
Yeah, I really do like those ones.
The MacroBars are quite nice.
- Yeah. They're the nicest out of all of them.
- [Brad] Yeah, it's very nice.
Okay. We're off. Let's go.
Now we've decided that we're gonna
drive back to the Big Sur, which is about
an hour-and-a-half drive from here,
and we're gonna go to Julia Pfeiffer State Park.
And we're gonna go to, probably go to McWay Falls.
I'll throw it up on the screen.
This is where we are now,
and that's where we're gonna be travelling to.
If you're looking at coming to Big Sur,
one of the places to stay is one of your major hubs
is stay at Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Or Monterey, which is cheaper,
because it is more expensive to stay in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
We're staying in Monterey now, two nights.
It's $200 USD a night to stay at the President's Inn
which is crazy expensive but it was the cheapest place
that I could find booking very last minute.
It's an hour-and-a-half drive from here to Big Sur.
So let's do this and we'll take you
to Julia Pfeiffer and McWay Falls.
(relaxed new age music)
- [Brad] Where are we right now?
- We're at the Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park.
- [Brad] Yeah. It's four o'clock in the afternoon.
Do you wanna have us do--
(rushing water)
Is that it?
- "The Pelton Wheel was especially useful
in places where relatively small amounts of water
fall for long distances. Upstream, this creek's flow
is less than 500 gallons of water per minute,
but the sharp descent increases velocity."
(laughing)
- I have no idea, a quarter of a mile
is a very, very, very short distance.
(laughing)
I have no idea man! We use kilometres back home!
Metres! Kilometres!
Not miles!
- I didn't know, I thought you used miles.
- [Brad] No, we use kilometres, we use the metric system.
- Yeah.
- [Brad] The Pelton Wheel, which is down there.
The waterfall trail is the one that overlooks McWay Falls.
We're going into a tunnel system.
Waterfall.
We've come all this way--
We've come all this way for this waterfall.
(relaxed new age music)
- I like this guys. Check this out.
(old engine running)
(persistent beeping)
- [Robyn] Why are you so temperamental car?
(laughing)
(barks like a dog)
- That's in my ear!
(barks like a dog)
- Oh my gosh! I can see why they get annoyed!
(barks like a dog)
- No! (growls)
(both bark like dogs)
(relaxed new age music)
- [Brad] Okay, let's go to Fernwood.
Back to Fernwood.
- [Robyn] "Tortilla chips. Refried beans. Cheese.
Salsa. Guacamole. Pickled jalapenos.
- Look at them all fly around your head!
- There's too many mosquitoes here guys.
Way too many mosquitoes. Alright, we're out.
(loud 80s pop music)
- [Brad] Just here? Yeah, this is much better.
The Fernwood Nachos.
(relaxed new age music)
- Alright. Nice little stop in Fernwood.
Coffees, nachos, and planning our trip to San Francisco.
And what we're doing in San Francisco,
what we're doing in Santa Cruz tomorrow,
as we move further up the coast and Highway 1,
so yeah, a nice couple of hours' rest here
and now we're driving back to our accommodation
at the President's Inn, which is in Monterey.
We're gonna enjoy this bit of the,
last bit of the day before the sun sets.
(relaxed new age music)