Carmel-By-The-Sea

...Continued from yesterday:      
         After visiting the Dali 17 museum on Monday morning (see yesterday’s post), Tom and I  drove to Pacific Grove, the next town over from Monterey, to seek out some lunch.

     We came upon a promising-looking pizza place in a strip mall,

…where we snagged and subsequently polished off a very decent deep-dish pizza.

     After lunch we headed about 4 miles south along beautiful California Highway 1,

...to the town of Carmel-by-the-Sea.

    Our first stop was  a visit to the historic Carmel Mission,

...founded in  1770 by the Spanish priest Junipero Serra,

...who claimed the land for Spain,

...converted the native Americans,

...pressed them  into servitude,

...and oversaw the agricultural and economic development of the region,

...as well as the decimation of its indigenous population.

    Junipero Serra  was canonized a saint in the Catholic church over much controversy in 2015.

      After our tour of the Carmel Mission we drove into town. Carmel-by-the-Sea is a beautiful gem of a place,

​...its streets lined with cute little shops and  eateries,

...and gingerbready-looking houses.

     The main street leads to the beach,

...and a beautiful panorama.

     On our way back to Monterey we stopped again at Pacific Grove where there is a Monarch butterfly sanctuary full of eucalyptus trees to which butterflies migrate from colder Midwestern climates to winter over from October to February, .though  now the butterflies have all returned to their homes.

      Before heading back to Monterey we revisited Los Amigos where found the Mexican food so good the other night, and did again.

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