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Friday, May 29, 2015

San Diego, California

May 16 - 23 2015  US exchange rate 1.25

YVR to LAX Westjet (met Jack ... lost leg accident as LA County Sheriff, working in IT for USAF talked about SoCal & BC for 2 hrs). LAX is huge, half under construction



Henry's Pub ... found out about San Diego's May "gray"  ... cooler than expected for SoCal


On the menu saw this: 

Went to the San Diego Zoo ... 4000 animals





Walked everywhere for 4 hours & then took the bus to get more information


Westin Gaslamp Hotel .. 4 stars very nice


Selena gave us Starbucks coffee for $1 because we brought our own mugs. Needless to say went back twice a day.

Went to Ralph's for food & wine ... great downtown market ... Yellowtail Shiraz $6.69 ($4.89 for 6)



Gaslamp Quarter


Petco Park - Padres beat the Cubs  4-3 25,017



Old Town  - It commemorates the early days of the town of San Diego and includes many historic buildings from the period 1820 to 1870. (Jail, Bank etc) - good lunch at the Cosmopolitan Hotel


Sea World $86 US each - worth it


Seaport Village & Port of San Diego - walked along the waterfront everyday for an hour


Transit
Somalian taxi driver