Solvang, CA, June 2013

We visited Solvang, CA this past June on our way home from visiting my in-laws near Sacramento.  Solvang is located in the heart of Santa Barbara's wine country near the Santa Ynez mountains.  The Danish village of Solvang is 132 miles north of Los Angeles.  Solvang is Danish for "sunny fields."
Founded in 1911 on almost 9,000 acres of the Rancho San Carlos de Jonata land grant, by a group of Danes who travelled west to establish a Danish colony far from the midwestern winters.  When you drive into the town there is a tree lined part of the highway which is really neat.  There are a lot of Danish buildings and windmills in the town.  There are a lot of shops and restaurants in this quaint town.