San Diego

I was born in a big city, Barcelona. But after marrying an American I came to the US and have lived in small towns in Northern California, Idaho and now in Southern California. My two daughters  were born in small towns, one in Northern California, the other in Idaho, lived in smaller towns until they went to  the University. They now live in cities, one  close to Salt Lake City and the other in San Diego.

On August 18th Sandy visited from Salt Lake City, she flew to San Diego, the next day she and Lizzie came to see me, and on Monday we all drove to San Diego, with Lulu.

San Diego is a beautiful city, with great weather, close to the ocean, with many restaurants and bars and fun places to go. I had not been in San Diego since the  first time I went with Marvin to see Lizzie's apartment last year.. She lives in the 9th floor of an apartment building downtown San Diego. It's a very nice apartment.

 From her roof she has gorgeous views of the Ocean, the baseball Park and the downtown area.

After we rested a little we went out to lunch to a nice place near the ballpark, 

then we walked around downtown. 

There's a lot to see, I like cities!  We stopped for a drink in a bar restaurant, can't think of the name, we sat outside, facing the street. We all had a beer. That place had an unusual bathroom :)

We  left and walked around some more, I think  about 5 miles :) Then went back to the apartment and the girls took Lulu for a walk.  Later we went to dinner, again I can't remember the name of the Restaurant, but it was very nice and we sat outside. I remember I had Irish sausage and  a  strawberry cocktail that tasted of herbs. I wanted something sweet so we walked  to Ghirardelli's where I had a nice hot chocolate with whipped cream. It was getting a little windy and it hit the spot.

And then it was back to the apartment, another little walk for Lulu and bedtime. Thanks Lizzie for letting me have your bed, I slept very well.

In the morning we went to a cute little french place for breakfast , they have great croissants! After a little walk to see the San Diego Library which is very close to Lizzie's apartment, we went back to the decide what to do until we had to take Sandy back to the airport.  We decided to go to Coronado Island. It was a beautiful sunny day, warm but not hot. We stopped close to the Hotel del Coronado and they decided to get their feet wet , they said the water was warm, unusual for the Pacific :)

Then we went to the Hotel deck and had really delicious garlic fries and several adult beverages. Loved the Island Breeze!

We enjoyed our time there very much, it was pleasant, sunshine, breeze, 

good food and drinks and great company!

It's a beautiful hotel in a great setting

We went back to San Diego and stopped at Lolita's for some  nice Mexican food to go, which we ate at the roof. It was fun. Then it was time to start getting ready to go :(  Lulu went for another walk. 

She was thinking she liked city life :)

We took Sandy to the airport, then we stopped at Extraordinary Desserts and had my favorite slice of cake to go. And from there on to home!  It was a full, fun few days with my girls!!!