Lots of people had told us how great San Diego was and how much there was to see. There are tons of museums, plus the zoo and sea world, but we had Macintosh with us so our tour of the city couldn't involve any of those things (although we scouted them out for a return trip without him!) We decided instead to spend time around the gas lamp quarter, downtown, the marina and Balboa Park. The weather was good so we were able to just wander around and take it all in.
Out of all the areas I think I loved Balboa Park and the marina best. Balboa Park houses some of the museums and the zoo but also has gardens, dog parks, theatres and more. We wandered around a small area that contained the botanical gardens, a church, theatres and some beautiful buildings. It was lovely just taking it all in and Macintosh had a good old sniff around as there were lots of dogs everywhere!
The marina area had a small seaport village at one end which housed small gift type shops, restaurants and cafes as well as having nice areas to wander and towards the other end was a more military area with lots of floating museums. We loved wandering along there and looking out at it all. We loved it so much that we went back briefly on the Sunday morning before we left San Diego just to have one last look.
We loved our mini trip and are looking forward to coming back to visit again. It will be fun to do all the things we missed. But for a quick trip I think we saw a fair amount of the city!
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