Hey Everyone,
On Tuesday, 1/29/08- David and I ventured out once again to see more of San Diego! The weather was beautiful, sunny and high 60's. We got an early start as there was a lot to do today.... We started in Old Town.... where you get a taste for the early California life, The shops and restaurants in this area are great. The whole area is very interesting, lively and festive. We picked up the Sight Seeing Trolley here in Old Town and rode it as far as the Harbor. Once in the Harbor we took the Deluxe Full Bay Tour- (they offer 3 kinds of tours- (1) 1hr tour of North Bay, (2) 1hr tour of South Bay, or (3) 2hr Deluxe Full Bay Tour {North & South Bay})
Once we finished the relaxing 2 hr tour we took a ricksa ride past the Midway over to the Seaport Village. This wonderful area offers, many places to dine and shop and has a beautiful park that runs along the edge of the harbor. After spending awhile shopping and picture taking we caught backup with the Sight Seeing Trolley to finish that tour back to Old Town. We went through the famous Gas Lamp District.... David and I have plans to revisit this historic spot. As the trolley continued we came to a section of San Diego called Little Italy....well we just had to stop!!! We saw an Italian Restaurant that caught our eye and we hopped off the trolley once again. We decided to dine at Filippi's Pizza Grotto (1747 India St. San Diego).....This has to be one of the best places that I have been to in a very long time. The atmosphere and food were great!!! We thoroughly enjoyed our dining experience here. We were told about a Carnevalle that was going to be taking place in Little Italy that week- called "Passaporto di Carnevale". We made note of the dates and planned to attend the event. There were going to be groups playing music, mimes, and much much more- not to mention all of that Italian food!! We were looking forward to revisiting Little Italy soon.
Now we hopped back on to the trolley heading back to Old Town. We decided to find a spot to sit and relax (not wishing to drive on the 12-laners with all the folks coming home from work!! LOL) We chose the Cafe Coyote to have a drink and appetizers. This place is fabulous. Everyone was warm and friendly, the food was great (they make their own tortillas right there). After spending a couple of hours there- Dave and I made our motel- to settle in for the night.
For more info on places mentioned above please check out the following websites:
http://www.plazadelpassado.com/ (Old Town)
http://www.citysightseeing-sd.com/ (Sight Seeing Trolley)
http://www.sdha.com/ (Harbor Tours)
http://www.seaportvillage.com/ (Seaport Village)
http://www.cafecoyoteoldtown.com/ (Cafe Coyote)
http://www.gaslampquarter.org/ (Gas Lamp Quarter)
SEE PICTURES IN ALBUM #117: http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Monday January 28th, 2008 Harbor MuseumTours
Hello Everyone,
After a good nights sleep David and I headed out to San Diego Harbor...to take in all of the museums on the waterfront...there are several!!
Our first stop was the Midway. This old aircraft carrier is now a floating museum, It is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The Museum features a self audio tour- that tells the story of what is was like to serve on the carrier, there are also flight simulators, historical videos, gift shop, cafe' and much, much more. By doing the self audio tour you can go through the ship at your own pace and spend as much time at any area you wish. There is so much to see and learn from this tour. We spent about 2 hrs touring this carrier. Then we took a break and had lunch on the fantail of the ship in the cafe', and stopped by the gift store for a few gifts. If you would like to find out more about the Midway check out their website: http://www.midway.org/
SEE PICTURES IN ALBUM #110 : http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
Next we walked about 1 city block to the next set of museums called Historic Ships. As we were making our way there- we came across several sculptures that lined the harbor and benches that had tiles painted by area children...they were all so beautiful to look at. Hope you enjoy looking at them too!!!
We arrived at the Maritime Museum. There were 5 ships that we toured in this group... (1)the tall ship- Star of India, (2) 18 th Century Royal Navy Frigate -H.M.S Surprise, (3) 1898 Steam Ferry- Berkeley, (4) Soviet attack sub- B-39 and (5) 1904 Steam Yacht. First we viewed the Star of India. This was a beautiful old tall ship from 1863. It was wonderful to be able to see inside one of these ship- We have had the tall ships come into Boston on several occasions- but I have never been able to go see them live, and here I was walking the decks of this grand ship. The wood work and artifacts were very interesting. There were several paintings aboard this vessel too. The living quarters were very cramped-space was limited and was used to it's fullest. After we strolled around the Star- we went aboard the H.M.S. Surprise. This was a ship similar to the one used to film the Russel Crowe movie Master and Commander. The third vessel we came to was the Soviet attack sub- B-39. By this time I was all walked out- my back was letting me know so...LOL ... I stayed above and watched the goings on of the harbor and the planes landing and taking off from airport, while David went below and prowled around. He took some really great pictures as you will see. The 4th vessel we went on was the Berkeley. This was a great example of what the old steam ships looked like. There was a lot of brass and stain glass windows. There was a gift store on this one too. We came across a guided tour that was being done on aboard- teaching the kids all about life on the sea. The last ship we went on was the Meade. A beautiful yacht. Needless to say by the time we finished touring 6 ships we were done for the day!!! LOL
To finish off our day in downtown San Diego, we decide to eat that the Rock Bottom Cafe...it was one of the restaurants featured on the GO BOOK we had purchased. The food and ale was great. After a relaxing dinner we headed back to the motel to save all of our pictures and to plan out the next days plans.
For more info about these ships- please see: http://www.sdmaritime.org/
For more info about Rock Bottom Cafe see: www.rockbottom.com
SEE PICTURES IN ALBUM #111 (for the art work) : http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
SEE PICTURES IN ALBUM #112 (for the Star of India) : http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
SEE PICTURES IN ALBUM #113 (for H.M.S. Surprise) : http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
SEE PICTURES IN ALBUM #114 (for the Berkeley) : http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
SEE PICTURES IN ALBUM #115 (for Medea) : http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
SEE PICTURES IN ALBUM #116 (for the B-39) : http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
After a good nights sleep David and I headed out to San Diego Harbor...to take in all of the museums on the waterfront...there are several!!
Our first stop was the Midway. This old aircraft carrier is now a floating museum, It is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The Museum features a self audio tour- that tells the story of what is was like to serve on the carrier, there are also flight simulators, historical videos, gift shop, cafe' and much, much more. By doing the self audio tour you can go through the ship at your own pace and spend as much time at any area you wish. There is so much to see and learn from this tour. We spent about 2 hrs touring this carrier. Then we took a break and had lunch on the fantail of the ship in the cafe', and stopped by the gift store for a few gifts. If you would like to find out more about the Midway check out their website: http://www.midway.org/
SEE PICTURES IN ALBUM #110 : http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
Next we walked about 1 city block to the next set of museums called Historic Ships. As we were making our way there- we came across several sculptures that lined the harbor and benches that had tiles painted by area children...they were all so beautiful to look at. Hope you enjoy looking at them too!!!
We arrived at the Maritime Museum. There were 5 ships that we toured in this group... (1)the tall ship- Star of India, (2) 18 th Century Royal Navy Frigate -H.M.S Surprise, (3) 1898 Steam Ferry- Berkeley, (4) Soviet attack sub- B-39 and (5) 1904 Steam Yacht. First we viewed the Star of India. This was a beautiful old tall ship from 1863. It was wonderful to be able to see inside one of these ship- We have had the tall ships come into Boston on several occasions- but I have never been able to go see them live, and here I was walking the decks of this grand ship. The wood work and artifacts were very interesting. There were several paintings aboard this vessel too. The living quarters were very cramped-space was limited and was used to it's fullest. After we strolled around the Star- we went aboard the H.M.S. Surprise. This was a ship similar to the one used to film the Russel Crowe movie Master and Commander. The third vessel we came to was the Soviet attack sub- B-39. By this time I was all walked out- my back was letting me know so...LOL ... I stayed above and watched the goings on of the harbor and the planes landing and taking off from airport, while David went below and prowled around. He took some really great pictures as you will see. The 4th vessel we went on was the Berkeley. This was a great example of what the old steam ships looked like. There was a lot of brass and stain glass windows. There was a gift store on this one too. We came across a guided tour that was being done on aboard- teaching the kids all about life on the sea. The last ship we went on was the Meade. A beautiful yacht. Needless to say by the time we finished touring 6 ships we were done for the day!!! LOL
To finish off our day in downtown San Diego, we decide to eat that the Rock Bottom Cafe...it was one of the restaurants featured on the GO BOOK we had purchased. The food and ale was great. After a relaxing dinner we headed back to the motel to save all of our pictures and to plan out the next days plans.
For more info about these ships- please see: http://www.sdmaritime.org/
For more info about Rock Bottom Cafe see: www.rockbottom.com
SEE PICTURES IN ALBUM #111 (for the art work) : http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
SEE PICTURES IN ALBUM #112 (for the Star of India) : http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
SEE PICTURES IN ALBUM #113 (for H.M.S. Surprise) : http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
SEE PICTURES IN ALBUM #114 (for the Berkeley) : http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
SEE PICTURES IN ALBUM #115 (for Medea) : http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
SEE PICTURES IN ALBUM #116 (for the B-39) : http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
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