O Solo Mio

The last day of my San Diego adventure was just a continuation of the awesomeness of the days before.

Karen and I started the day off by going to Coronado Island. What does one do when they go to Coronado? Well they go to The Hotel Del of course. I have been wanting to go to The Hotel Del since I was little. I first saw it on one of those haunted shows on the Travel Channel way back in middle school. It's beautiful and is very old Hollywood. One day, when I have some money and I'm not on a grad student's budget, I'm going to stay there.









After leaving the glitz and glamour of The Del, Karen and I went and had a date with the lovely Columbo. Okay, so it wasn't really a date, but he was our gondelier on our gondola ride. He took us around the bay on Coronado and sang "O Solo Mio" to us. So romantic. Haha, too bad I was with Karen (just kidding Karen).

After our ride, we decided to see what the tide was like at Point Loma since we missed the tide pools. Sadly we missed it again, but we did get to walk a little further than we had before. I think this place may be my favorite place to visit.





Finally, Karen and I went to the boardwalk for dinner and to ride rides. It was stereotypically Californian and I loved it. I loved seeing the rollerbladers and people exercising. I would rollerblade everday if I lived there. We also see this guy dislocate his knee and pop it back into place. It was gross, but kind of cool at the same time. So random.

We hit the bed early since we had to drop off the rental car at 6:30 am and hit our early morning flights. It was quite a horrid day of travel, but I didn't let that ruin my weekend.

San Diego, I will be back. And Karen, you've got yourself a travel buddy for life.

America's Finest City

A long time ago, over spring break, I developed a wild hair. I wanted to get to California. I'd been to Washington and Oregon, so I wanted to completed the trifecta of the mainland Pacific States. I promised my parents I wouldn't take a trip to California by myself, but who to go with? My lovely friend, Karen, popped into my head. I randomly called her and invited her. Thankfully she said yes! So now that I had a travel buddy, I could start planning the trip. But, where to go? I did research on San Francisco and Los Angeles. Both were so expensive. Then I remembered the town of San Diego. Hmm, prices aren't that bad. Could I do it? Sure, why not. Fast forward to May 20th and I was on a plane to America's Finest City!

After meeting up Karen at the airport and spending $26 on a cab to get to our hotel, we decided it might be more economical to rent a car. That process took up a big chunk of our day, but after that we started our San Diego adventure.

First stop on our tour was the famous In N' Out. There are legends about this burger, and after eating one. I understand people's love of them.

Next stop and the final one of the day, was the Padres vs Mariners game. I highly recommend going to a game. It's cheap $13.50 for nosebleed sections and on Fridays there are Friday Night Fireworks.

Worn out by a day of travel and being up for 14 hours, Karen and I decided to go to bed so we could continue on with the next day's adventure. Here's a hint to day 2's adventures...we ended up hanging out with a couple of wild things.