Gaslamp Quarter San Diego

San Diego

Maybe to start with lets give some random facts about San Diego: San Diego the 8^th largest city in the whole of the United states! Its average age of residents are under 35 years old as they have the Coast guard, Navy Seals, Army Barracks there!

I started my Contiki trip and this was our first stop of the trip …

I chose to label this our "go to" because my husband and I go to San Diego at least a couple of times every 2-3 months. We first starting going back in 2001. I love San Diego, no matter what time of year. The weather is always gorgeous. We have stayed near Mission Beach, La Jolla, Gaslamp, and Pacific Beach …

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Downtown blends old and new with mixed results, though no one can deny the value of saving the Gaslamp Quarter from probable demolition in the 1970s. Little Italy, the hot business and residential district along India Street (between Ash and Laurel Sts.), has been endangered by the building craze in recent years. Still, it's thriving …

Geschter hani LA verlo und bin an dr Küschte richtig Süde derab gfahre. I han eifach nur wele, e schöne Strand finde, biz sünnele und bädele und denn irgendwo es Hotel finde
Zerscht bini no an Hafe gfahre und han wele d Queen Mary aluege. Aber au das hani nur so halber gschafft, wili widdr nit genau gwüsst han, wie me dört ane kunnt, resp. …

Am Wochenende vom 11.08. - 12.08.2012 verbrachten Ben & Franzi ihr Wochenende in San Diego. …

San Diego was a cool city with a very energetic, yet chilled downtown. There are so many restaurants there, you will never go hungry ha-ha. I had a great time there and experienced some very nice places. Please see in my photos …

Day two started and their was an air of excitement that this was our first proper day in the USA. We decided from early on that morning that the Clippers v Pacers game was on the agenda if it was reasonably priced. After all with Danny Granger out for the Pacers, they would probably need me to suit up to hit bulk Js. Before that, we gave into one …

Today was great! I was like a pig in poop ... navy ships, planes, bombs, talking with old guys, it was all amazing stuff.

This morning was a return trip back to the USS Midway Museum. We got our tickets stamped on the way out yesterday and as we both loved it so much (and we didn't get a chance to visit the Bridge, Admiral's and Captain's Quarters) we are back to visit for a second time.

I have to say the idea to have retired servicemen as guides …

...after being awake and on the road for more than 24 hours (with tiny little naps in between) I finally made it to San Diego and then just quickly picking up the new ride for the next two months. Surprisingly, I had no idea that Alamo let the customer choose their car - AWESOME. Without thinking I just took the coolest one I could see. So it …

... and Italian music.  Their food was the most authentic Italian food I've ever eaten in the United States.  It didn't taste "americanized".  Actually San Diego's Little Italy is the best Little Italy in the U.S. that I've visited so far, ...

... now qualified to go scuba diving. Bring on Fiji. What else have I been up to? I had to pop into the STA branch in the Gaslamp Quarter downtown, to change the date of my ticket. Not in the best of moods, 'cause I slept funny and now my neck is ...

... to show that as big as the world is, it can also seem so small at the same time. We´re staying in the Gaslamp Quarter, a really pleasant part of town, teeming with restaurants, bars and cafes. Michelle and her friends show us around the San Diego ...

... around the mall. It was pretty impressive, open top and set out like the Labrynth. Sarah, Sarah, Sarah....!! Wandered around the Gaslamp Quarter, which gets its name from the gas lamps on every street corner. What a clever idea!!!(shakes head in ...

... They organised an excursion to a Padres game at nearby Petco Park and kickstarted our stay with a pub crawl in the glitzy Gaslamp quarter. That's how we made loads of Insta-Buddies initially (for definitions ...

... happy days!....Mine were still fat and uncooked in the middle - I blame the pans! On our last day in Gaslamp quarter we made a bee line for the world famous San Diego Zoo - This place is huge!! We ended up spending about five hours in the Zoo and we ...

... shopping malls, but San Diego is still somewhere I'd consider coming back to. Today we booked into the USA Hostel in the trendy gaslamp quarter and it has a nice feel to it if you ignore the seriously strong smell of cannibis. Remind me not to wake ...

... around trying to figure out what to do with ourselves. We realized that people seemed to be concentrated in the gaslamp quarter area of downtown San Diego so we drove in circles for awhile (a long while) and walked around until we found either sushi or ...

... be an amazing place. My kind of Town Sinatra would say. The business district is large and shopping is good too. There is the gaslamp quarter which is where all the nightlife happens and is a bit like temple bar in Dublin but cheaper. San Diego isnt too ...

... right across the road, cheap and healthy :D Also, its memorial day weekend, so staying on the main street through the gaslamp quarter means we hear everything that goes on throught the night....the lonnnnnng night, with everyone partying till 3-4am. And ...