Brigitte and I have never went on a vacation by ourselves and we decided that it was time. We decided that we would go to San Diego for a weekend. I had never been to Sea World and thought that it would be fun. We got some really great deals. Delta was having a special where you could use sky miles to pay for the entire flight, taxes included. We still had to pay the baggage fee. We Pricelined our hotel. I was scared that we would not get a good hotel but we got a great hotel right in along the harbor. The Manchester Grand Hyatt was were we stayed for $75 a night. I would priceline a hotel again anytime.
Our hotel was three blocks from Petco Stadium, home of the San Diego Padres. No we did not goto a game because we spent the day that they played at SeaWorld.
We had a great time at Sea World. We first went to see the Killer Whales and sat in the 4th row. We got absolutely soaked. From there we went to Journey to Atlantis and got even wetter. We were there from when they opened to 10:45. Then we had to catch the bus to the trolley. It was a late night.
Our hotel was right next to the Seaport Village. We spent the first night walking the pier and visited all the stores.
The last full day we were there we took a tour of San Diego. We visited the Hotel del Coronado. It was massive and beautiful. Also expensive. We spent $7 on a single peice of fudge.
We also stopped at Balbo Park and walked through a couple of gardens. The gardens were also beautiful.
The day we were to fly out I wanted to go to the Midway Museum, but breakfast was a little hard to find and we spent 45 minutes standing in line to have a delicious breakfast. We walked down the boardwalk to the ship to at least say get a picture. Overall it was a great trip. Look forward to doing it again next year.
