San Diego Day 1

Bug and I took the train from Santa Ana all the way down to San Diego yesterday. Will came down the day before and took the car, but I really wanted to include the Amtrak as part of our mini vacation. Let me just say that it was better than Disney Land. We had to wait about an hour to board our train at he station and we got to watch all the Metrolink trains go by. Each time Baby Bug would bend her arm, move it up and down and say: “Chu, Chuuuu!!!” She was so anxious by the time our train arrived that she kept screaming “Hello. How are you!” to everyone leaving the train and could not wait to get out of the carrier so that she could touch the “chuchu” inside.

She demanded her own seat and window and could not take her eyes off of the scenery passing by.

Our hotel is in the heart of downtown in the Gas Lamp district and after our arrival we met up with Daddy and took the little girl out on the town.She had so much fun. The vibe, the colorful lights, the music playing in all the restaurants and bars kept her mesmerized.

Today we got up early and while walking around I have found this great trolley tour option called the “Old Town Tour”, which allows you to see everything worth to see and be able to get off and back on whenever you want and they come every half an hour.

We got to see Coronado, The bay, Balboa Park, Little Italy and Old Town. We spent most of our day in Balboa as they have over 40 museums in one place and the world famous San Diego Zoo (not to confuse it with the Wild Animal Park, which is also in San Diego). We got to watch a puppet show, saw some exhibitions and walked around the gardens. Unfortunately the Botanical Gardens were closed but maybe next time we get to see that too.

This is all for under $40 for the two of us in San Diego.

Will have mentioned the Sea World but I did not want to spend over $70 to see Shamu in a small pool. I am not even sure if Bug would’ve liked it as much as she liked everything we did today and I even got to learn some neat facts about the city.