San Diego :)

(cycle 1, day 12, at least that's when this was started....)

yesterday, my husband comes downstairs after changing from work with a huge smile on his face and told me to smell his t-shirt... he was so happy that his shirt still smelled of San Diego from when we were on our honeymoon <3

and since i'm on the subject of san diego, i guess i'll tell the story of our honeymoon:

Day 1

we got up super early on september 4th to catch our 6:30am flight. nothing exciting happened, nothing out of the ordinary. just a slightly crabby husband from his lack of nicotine, lol. did i mention it was also his first time on a commercial flight?

we got into san diego around 12 and just sat in front of the airport for about 20 minutes trying to decide which taxi to take to our hotel. we weren't in any kind of rush since we didn't have a whole lot planned, just the zoo on one of the days we were there. we were able to check in early at the hotel, we just didn't get a king sized bed. not a big deal at all. the first thing we did was go for a walk, which we quickly realized there really wasn't much in the area so we promptly hit the pool, lol. what else were we to do when the weather was so nice? after our swim, we had a late lunch at the hotel restaurant. their fries were to die for! the seasonings they use were so tasty. i still have yet to try it out at home, but i'm worried they won't live up to my expectations, lol.
once getting back to our room, we got ready for an excursion to explore san diego. we started walking, not really knowing where we're going or how far, but trying to get to the bridge to coronado. we saw it on our way to the hotel from the airport and we didnt think it was really that far. boy were we wrong! we were walking along one of the busiest roads short of being a freeway with no sidewalk. we noticed a trolley that was kind of paralleling us but we didnt want to get on it without knowing where it would take us so we decided to keep going just a little further. the further we got, the worse it was to walk. there plants that had thistles that we were walking on and they were sticking to the bottom of our shoes and getting into hubby's shoes and sticking to his socks. i decided to wear flip flops and my feet were just black after that long walk. we finally got to a point where the sidewalk started again and decided to cross the road to the trolley station and figure out where we were going to go and how we were getting there.

within minutes of getting to the trolley station, a security guard asked us if we had tickets and we had to explain to him that we didn't know how to get where we're going and were just trying to figure out what to do. he helped us out and we bought our transit tickets and were on our way. we ended up taking a bit of detour when we got to the transit centre and got on the right bus, but it was headed in the wrong direction. so we got a bit of a tour of the gaslamp quarter before heading to coronado. it was a good thing we didnt walk the whole way since you aren't allowed to walk on the bridge anyway.

Orange Avenue



we got off the bus when we got the beginning of orange avenue and decided to walk down the beach town and take in the fresh air and our surroundings. the first thing we decided to do was stop for something to eat as it was about supper time. we stopped at the burger lounge and discovered that americans are kind of weird with their cheese... cheddar cheese isnt called cheddar down there, they call it 'american cheese'. we found it slightly odd that they found a need to do that, but whatever, everyone knows its cheddar, lol. after supper we did a bit more walking and then stopped at a diner for dessert and a coffee. even after only being in california for 5 hours, we wanted to move there. it was beautiful, the weather was great and i never needed to bring a jacket or sweater incase it got cold. we did some more walking and sean found some sunglasses since he broke his last pair two months ago and he needed some in the sunshine state :) our feet started getting a little sore from all the walking we had done that day so we started heading to a bus stop right after quickly going to the beach at sunset since we were there. i could really get used to that! we waited for a bus for probably half an hour, but who really knows since neither of us were carrying cell phones and didn't have watches. we took the bus the rest of the way down coronado and got off at a trolley station to take back to the hotel. as soon as we got back to the hotel, we put on our swim suits and hit the hot tub. thank god for that. we both soothed our feet with the jets and relaxed for 20 mins before heading back to the room to relax before going to bed.

Day 2

we slept in a bit since we weren't in a rush again and were just going to take our time doing our exploring for the day. we decided to have a late breakfast at denny's. it was delicious, like all the other food we ate :) banana's foster is now my favorite breakfast, lol. if only i knew how to recreate it... after our breakfast, off we went to the trolley station do downtown to try to find horton plaza. im so jealous of that place. there's no way you could get away with an outdoor mall in canada, let alone most of the states. they only get 10" of rain per year! we love san diego. we were starting to not want to even leave when our holidays were over. there was a store full of candy and i wanted to go in there so bad, but i knew if i went in there, i either wouldn't come out, or i'd spend most of my money there, lol. we walked the whole plaza with a stop in macy's to buy watches so it would be easier for us knowing when busses would be around and that's about it. plus they would be good souvenirs :p we walked downtown a bit more before heading back to coronado for a second time.

we hoped on the bus to coronado for our second afternoon. the weather was just as nice. we did some more walking and stopped by the beach for a quick dip... IT WAS FREAKING COLD!!! i've been in the carribean seas, but this was freezing. not at all what i expected, lol. i figured since it was that far south, it would be a comfortable temperature. boy was i wrong. but i now understand why you always see surfers in wet suits on tv.... after our 'dip' (if you can call going in to our knees a dip), we went to one of the diners and had an afternoon snack.
we slowly made our way back to the hotel afterwards to enjoy a quiet evening before heading to the zoo the next day. we went for a swim, in the hotel pool that wasn't freezing, and then relaxed in the hot tub again. side note, the more i talk about the hot tub the more i kind of want to get one for our backyard, lol. we ate out at the hotel restaurant again before going back to our room and took it easy and went to bed early so we would be ready to go first thing in the moring.

i'll finish the rest of this another time....