> > > Solvang
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> > Solvang! That's Norwegian!!
> > Where is it? Near Little Norway?
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> > Trav"and it means 'sunny meadow'"holt
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> California. The people there are mostly Norwegian and the food has a Norwegian slant. It's kind of a tourist town and I stop there every chance I get. It's in the Santa Inez valley. And it's beatutiful area.
> Where is Little Norway?
> Howard

Solvang! Solvang's just up the road and around the corner, about. It is a nice area, off in the mountains, sort of. I don't really think the people are overwhelmingly Norwegian, and it's definitely a tourist trap. (And an escape for some people. I have a few teenage friends that live in Santa Ynez, and they complain there's nothing to do there, so go to the movies at Solvang or something. And it's Santa *Y*nez, said "Santuh Eenez" or "Sannee Nez" or "Santee Nez".) I'd always heard Solvang was supposed to be like a Danish village, though, but I wouldn't really know...it's got a Danish bakery on a corner with the yummiest scones and such.
Anyways, I never really thought it was a weird name, but I guess a little. Anyone else been there?

What about Yuba River or Ojai for odd names?

-flyingcats