Got up reasonably early today – (we learned our lesson yesterday) one needs to make the most of a trip like this.
First stop – San Diego Zoo. A pretty amazing place. We decided to spend the morning at the zoo, and the afternoon taking this cool tour, so we had limited time at the park… that part stank, and we didn’t have time to wait in the very long line to see the Pandas they are so famous for.
The other animals were great, and the Zoo does an amazing job of replicating (as best it can) much of the surroundings that the animals are used to… in fact, they almost do too good of a job. Many times we would look and look for an animal, and never be able to spot it, or just see the rear end or something. In the old days, when they just put the animals in cement and metal cages, there was nowhere for them to hide… so you were guaranteed a good look… Well, I guess its best this way – at least for the animal.
The zoo was great, except that we wished so many times that Maria was with us – she would have loved to see the animals. It’s been real nice to spend this time with Candace though…
Its sort of funny. We are celebrating 10 years together, this is our aniversary, but neither of us are really that “romantic” comparatively speaking. But we do like to spend time together, and its fun to see all these amazing places together. I guess the point is that Love is so much deeper and richer than the movies portrait. - but love is often times also more mundane than the movies portrait.
After a hearty lunch at Seaport Village (a little shopping place) we went on this cool tour. The vehicle we rode in was
amphibious – meaning it could drive around the city, and it could just run down this little ramp, and then we were boating around the bay. It was pretty cool. Called Seal Tour Usually I am not that much for guided tours, but we thought this one sounded different, and it was 2 hours in San Diego. We were so pressed for time, we thought this would be the best way to see the major places in a short amount of time.
Tonight we ate at this amazing restaurant. I know this blog sounds like a restaurant tour or something, but we have to eat something – and we wanted authentic Mexican )since we are like 20 miles from the country)
The place was called Casa de Bendini, and it was really great. The vibe was really nice. We went in right around dusk, and the lights and candles came on little by little to make the transition to night smooth. We ate in the back area outside and the place was really crowded. This place is historical – it was one of the first places ever built in San Diego in the old town. They had the history all up in the menu for reading – so it was sort of fun to read about it… the shape of the building was like a [ or a C so that they could defend against the Indians. Just sitting there and thinking about that was pretty strange. That in the past, in that very place, people would be concerned about Indians riding in from the plains to slaughter them. What a different time and different place we live in.
Well, we are going to bed early, because tomorrow is a big day – weve made reservations to go to Catalina Island – I can’t wait.
First stop – San Diego Zoo. A pretty amazing place. We decided to spend the morning at the zoo, and the afternoon taking this cool tour, so we had limited time at the park… that part stank, and we didn’t have time to wait in the very long line to see the Pandas they are so famous for.
The other animals were great, and the Zoo does an amazing job of replicating (as best it can) much of the surroundings that the animals are used to… in fact, they almost do too good of a job. Many times we would look and look for an animal, and never be able to spot it, or just see the rear end or something. In the old days, when they just put the animals in cement and metal cages, there was nowhere for them to hide… so you were guaranteed a good look… Well, I guess its best this way – at least for the animal.
The zoo was great, except that we wished so many times that Maria was with us – she would have loved to see the animals. It’s been real nice to spend this time with Candace though…
Its sort of funny. We are celebrating 10 years together, this is our aniversary, but neither of us are really that “romantic” comparatively speaking. But we do like to spend time together, and its fun to see all these amazing places together. I guess the point is that Love is so much deeper and richer than the movies portrait. - but love is often times also more mundane than the movies portrait.
After a hearty lunch at Seaport Village (a little shopping place) we went on this cool tour. The vehicle we rode in was
amphibious – meaning it could drive around the city, and it could just run down this little ramp, and then we were boating around the bay. It was pretty cool. Called Seal Tour Usually I am not that much for guided tours, but we thought this one sounded different, and it was 2 hours in San Diego. We were so pressed for time, we thought this would be the best way to see the major places in a short amount of time.
Tonight we ate at this amazing restaurant. I know this blog sounds like a restaurant tour or something, but we have to eat something – and we wanted authentic Mexican )since we are like 20 miles from the country)
The place was called Casa de Bendini, and it was really great. The vibe was really nice. We went in right around dusk, and the lights and candles came on little by little to make the transition to night smooth. We ate in the back area outside and the place was really crowded. This place is historical – it was one of the first places ever built in San Diego in the old town. They had the history all up in the menu for reading – so it was sort of fun to read about it… the shape of the building was like a [ or a C so that they could defend against the Indians. Just sitting there and thinking about that was pretty strange. That in the past, in that very place, people would be concerned about Indians riding in from the plains to slaughter them. What a different time and different place we live in.
Well, we are going to bed early, because tomorrow is a big day – weve made reservations to go to Catalina Island – I can’t wait.
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