San Diego

[Mazzy]

Originally Posted by Rebelrebel

Here you go, we booked a 11am slot and the beach was lovely and quiet. We got there about 9.30-10 and had some time on the beach before DDs lesson. I do believe parking is a nightmare so you need to get there early

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The zoo has lovely cute pandas and although it is built on a hill there are buses that can take you around.

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Thanks for the link. Oh yes, definitely want to see the pandas!

[Mazzy]

Originally Posted by MikeandDiane

I'd love to tell you what San Diego was like, but the day before we were supposed to go, DH and I went in from Anaheim to visit Hollywood Boulevard and in the cafe that was on that female boxing film with Hiliary Swank in it (she won an Oscar), the chef (Jesus) did something with the grilled chicken sandwich that left me chained to the bathroom for the next 2 days, while DH watched the game on TV.
Santa Barabara was nice though, and my favourite was Carmel, its the kind of place where Sandra Bullock would do slightly amusing withcraft.

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Oh no, so sorry to hear you were ill and missed San Diego! I loved Carmel as well, though we didn't have much time there, also Monterey and the sea otters was my top favourite!

[Mazzy]

Originally Posted by Minnie28

I think I mentioned the Del Corondo hotel on the island. and the old town up in the hills famous for apples and the Sea Port Village the Zoo and Sea world ( hope they still have the sky ride) La Jolla beach is amazing and we went to Balboa park and the aircraft museum.
The old town has been refurbished and there old gaslights make it a great place for an evening out.

then there is the Sport The Chargers and the Padres We got tickets for the Chargers game and the hotel helped us make arrangements to join the Tailgate party.

The people were amazing and we did the trip into TJ in Mexico.

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Wow, sounds like you got a lot done! What is a Tailgate Party?

[Guest]

Hi

San Diego is great and always fab weather. Do not miss Old Town, you can get to it on the tram system which also passes a great mall (Fashion Valley, I seem to remember)

The USS Midway is a great visit. My highlight was one of the jet pilot talks on the Flight deck, really interesting!

Do visit Coronnado Island.
We also went on the seal boat which was great fun, it goes from the seaport village next to the Marriot and the Hyatt on the waterfront.

If you are flying from San Diego airport, eat first or take food with you. It is only small and not a great choice of eateries.

Balboa Park is lovely and worth a visit but you do pay to go in all the museums and galleries.

[Mazzy]

Originally Posted by jan_nut

Hi

San Diego is great and always fab weather. Do not miss Old Town, you can get to it on the tram system which also passes a great mall (Fashion Valley, I seem to remember)

The USS Midway is a great visit. My highlight was one of the jet pilot talks on the Flight deck, really interesting!

Do visit Coronnado Island.
We also went on the seal boat which was great fun, it goes from the seaport village next to the Marriot and the Hyatt on the waterfront.

If you are flying from San Diego airport, eat first or take food with you. It is only small and not a great choice of eateries.

Balboa Park is lovely and worth a visit but you do pay to go in all the museums and galleries.

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Yes, the weather looks amazing, I think I want to live there, sounds the perfect climate for me, as I hate the cold! Thanks for all the ideas. I think we will be flying London/LA, depends if I can get miles flights with Virgin Atlantic, if not, I will just be searching round for the best deals. Did you fly straight into San Diego from the UK?

[Guest]

Mazzy we flew Heathrow to LA 2 years ago and then drove down to San Diego and last year we went Heathrow / Chicago/ San Diego

[Guest]

You can't fly direct to San Diego from UK. We flew to San Fran via Chicago, drove round southern California, and ended up in San Diego. We flew home to Manchester via Chicago again. We flew BMI/United.

If you like warm weather, try to visit Palm Springs. Hot, hot, hot!
When we were there in September, it was 106 at 10pm!

[Rebelrebel]

Originally Posted by Gepetto

Mazzy,
I m going to San Diego on Saturday for 5 days, unfortunately its work but I am looking forward to it. I have been several times before and usually stay on Coranado, however, this time I will be in San Diego not far from the Gaslight Quarter. I'll let you know how things are from Saturday onwards. Its a lovely place to visit. Mission Beach is nice also.

G

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Take your ear plugs, we stayed in the Hyatt and there's a freight train that goes past all the hotels near the front in the early hours and its quiet noisy, it would stop us from going again though.

[Guest]

We went on a sailing ship on a evening cruise in San Diego. The link for this is :nextlevelsailing/ (look at cruise route and book a cruise for details)

We also went to a murder mystery dinner in San Diego which was a good laugh (a tip for this tho is if you want to 'get' some jokes make sure you are up to date with America popular culture and the topical stories)
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Coronado is well worth a visit as is the Old Town.

We loved it and treated ourselves to a meal at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse - the most expensive meal we ever had but so so good - would go again and would recommend as a special treat

If money were no object or you would wanted one special night I would stay at the 'San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina' and make sure I got a room with view

Loads more I'm sure - you will have a ball

ATB
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[Mazzy]

Originally Posted by Gepetto

Mazzy,
I m going to San Diego on Saturday for 5 days, unfortunately its work but I am looking forward to it. I have been several times before and usually stay on Coranado, however, this time I will be in San Diego not far from the Gaslight Quarter. I'll let you know how things are from Saturday onwards. Its a lovely place to visit. Mission Beach is nice also.

G

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Oh, fantastic, lucky you! If your hotel happens to have any guides in the foyer, I wonder if you'd mind picking some out for me? I would send you the postage and would be truly grateful (begs on knees) I'm not fussy what the guides are for, local attractions, map, anything really, just something to keep me going until August 2010!