Saint James Place

After leaving the city of angels, we headed to San Diego.

San Diego is an awesome city!  The people there seemed way more relaxed and laid back than other places in California.  The weather was fine and the ocean was great!  When we first got to town, we went to Dog Beach and Ocean Beach.  Dog beach is just that, a beach that is dog friendly, so there were tons of dogs all over the place. Then we got to watch some surfers catch some waves at Ocean Beach.  Then we headed to a place known as the Gaslamp Quarter.

The Gaslamp Quarter is a historic neighborhood in downtown San Diego that has tons of restaurants, bars, and shops all around.  The buildings were beautiful and there was a fun feel to the area.  The baseball stadium where the San Diego Padres play is right next to that district too.

The next day we spent most of it at the San Diego Zoo.  The zoo was amazing and very fun to see all the animals!  The zoo is also a botanical garden, so it was beautiful with all the varieties of flowers and plants all around.  That night we went to Stone Brewing Company and World Bistro for dinner which was also a neat experience because it was re-purposed from an old military base.  The mess hall was the main building and the quad between that and the barracks and the chapel was all outdoor seating.  It was very well done!

The next day we went to Balboa Park and walked around that which was really cool and had old spanish style architecture all around the park.  A replica of the Globe Theatre is in the park and they have the worlds largest outdoor pipe organ, a Japanese friendship garden, a model train museum, some cool fountains, a sculpture garden, and an air and space museum (and that is just about half of the park).

Big waves at Ocean Beach.

Historic Gaslamp Quarter

San Diego Convention Center

Welcome to the San Diego Zoo

I think the red panda is my spirit animal

Meerkat, just chillin'

The Old Globe Theatre.

California Tower and Building.

Statuesque Balboa.

Cool Fountain!

Oh, and if anyone is wondering why I titled the post St. James Place and then didn't mention it once... San Diego means Saint James contrary to what Ron Burgundy might think.