San Diego
The first full day in San Diego was a Sunday and there would have been a long wait for the bus, so we walked downhill from the B&B and its lovely garden
to the Gaslamp Quarter.
I suppose we were both slightly underwhelmed by it although some of the buildings looked rather appealing: I'm sure it is rather different in the evening, but I wonder whether it may turn into a 'tourist trap'.
We then walk down to waterfront near the conference centre
and caught a tram to the Old Town which is the original European settlement and has a number of very interesting attractions and museums.
After that visit we needed a spot of lunch and we headed to Little Italy, where we had a caprese with garlic bread in a rather atmospheric restaurant.
By doing so we also avoided a very heavy shower!
Later we walked down to the Santa Fe Depot which is adorned with lovely tiles.
and then to the Embarcadero on Broadway.
The plan was to catch a ferry to the Coronado peninsula but it started raining again and, as it seemed to be set for the day, we decided to catch a taxi to go back to the B&B.
Unfortunately when we were back in our room. Adrian realised that he had lost his camera. We think it slipped out of his shirt pocket when he got out of the cab.
We didn't remember which cab company it was, but only more or less the colours. A few phone calls that evening and the morning after proved unfruitful.
Luckily I had backed up his pictures on my laptop the night before so he only lost the pictures of the day. I guess I was more upset about the loss of the memory card which contained pictures from end of September (trip to Prague) onwards and, possibly a few of myself in a state of déshabillé. If whoever pocketed the camera was upset by them, well it's a well deserved punishment!
Later that evening we went to a Fry's and bought a new compact camera. Adrian would have probably waited until we were back home but I was determined that he had a new one, as he enjoys taking photos even more than I do these days!
to the Gaslamp Quarter.
I suppose we were both slightly underwhelmed by it although some of the buildings looked rather appealing: I'm sure it is rather different in the evening, but I wonder whether it may turn into a 'tourist trap'.
We then walk down to waterfront near the conference centre
and caught a tram to the Old Town which is the original European settlement and has a number of very interesting attractions and museums.
After that visit we needed a spot of lunch and we headed to Little Italy, where we had a caprese with garlic bread in a rather atmospheric restaurant.
By doing so we also avoided a very heavy shower!
Later we walked down to the Santa Fe Depot which is adorned with lovely tiles.
and then to the Embarcadero on Broadway.
The plan was to catch a ferry to the Coronado peninsula but it started raining again and, as it seemed to be set for the day, we decided to catch a taxi to go back to the B&B.
Unfortunately when we were back in our room. Adrian realised that he had lost his camera. We think it slipped out of his shirt pocket when he got out of the cab.
We didn't remember which cab company it was, but only more or less the colours. A few phone calls that evening and the morning after proved unfruitful.
Luckily I had backed up his pictures on my laptop the night before so he only lost the pictures of the day. I guess I was more upset about the loss of the memory card which contained pictures from end of September (trip to Prague) onwards and, possibly a few of myself in a state of déshabillé. If whoever pocketed the camera was upset by them, well it's a well deserved punishment!
Later that evening we went to a Fry's and bought a new compact camera. Adrian would have probably waited until we were back home but I was determined that he had a new one, as he enjoys taking photos even more than I do these days!