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Our trip to San Diego was a wonderfully chilled alternative to the hectic Las Vegas lifestyle. We hopped on a plane from Vegas in order to save time and arrived in the city with plenty of time to explore our surroundings.

The Gaslamp District where we were staying was a trendy area, with loads of nice restaurants, shops and bars, and had a very lively atmosphere after dark with a Londonesque feel. We spent some time shopping and admiring the city before catching up on some grocery shopping to save some money and get some healthy food down us after the countless burgers of the last few months. We also went to pick some flash cars with our Vegas winnings. ;-)

Much of the evening after our pasta dinner was then spent catching up on our blog, sitting on lazy leather sofas at the top of the stairs in the hostel and chatting intermittently with various guests as they passed by.

We woke up early for a pancake and maple syrup breakfast then headed out to Balboa Park, the USA’s largest urban cultural park. We started to eat our picnic lunch, and then got bombarded by over-tame squirrels much to my amusement. Sup, however, was still suffering from post traumatic stress due to the Racoon mugging incident in Costa Rica, so we made a hasty retreat to a different part of the park free from rodent robbers so that we could eat our food in peace…!!

We walked a fair way around the park, admiring the numerous museums, fountains and landscape, and then headed back for pizza.

On our final day in San Diego we decided to be productive and spent a considerable amount of time in the local internet café transferring our photos onto CDs to send home. After this, and sorting out the Amtrak train, we decided to get the bus to Pacific Beach. The weather wasn’t great and turned the skyline

quite grey, but it was a nice little place with a cool boardwalk lined with presumably rented apartments. Many surfers were braving the freezing cold waves and we watched them and the fishermen practice their skills for a bit before heading back home.

San Diego was a great way to end our mini tour of the west coast and gave us a chance to catch up on things that had been neglected. From San Diego Sup went back to Hollywood to chill and meet with friends and I caught the plane to London for a 4 day return home as a surprise for my sister Anna’s wedding, an elaborate plan conducted over a 2 month period by myself, my sister Cathy, my Dad, my Uncles and my brothers in law. A little break in the middle of our travels with so many adventures still to come!!

written by

SupandNic on May 28, 2010 from San Diego, United States

from the travel blog: Sup and Nic's World Tour!

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