Regarding "Eat Right and Rethink View on Solvang," Letters, Aug. 2: For those of us of Danish heritage, going to Solvang is the next best thing to going home. The kitschy part is for the tourists who have no basis for comparison to the real thing. For me and for many other Danish Americans, it is the only place to find and enjoy the real and actual Danish pastry.
I now take the Amtrak train from Santa Ana to Santa Barbara, and an Amtrak bus from Santa Barbara to the heart of Solvang. Saves a lot of driving.