Courtyard By Marriott San Diego Central

Not a terribly productive day ... drive to campus (too many cars! too much hyper traffic! no parking!), then back to the hotel, then a walk around the Gaslamp Quarter, then back to campus (too many cars! too much hyper traffic! no parking!), then back to hotel. <br><br>... but I did learn that there is a "Little Italy" in San Diego. I ...

At work all day, then late afternoon flight. No problems with flight at all ... arrived, got rental car, then drove the few miles to the W Hotel. Very swank. The "living room" bar was happening ... but we just went to our rooms, then met for dinner at Rice, the embedded restaurant, which serves Cuban/Asian fusion. Food was fine, not fab.<br><br>Room is fun ... there's a chalkboard (that received a bit of J. Alfred Prufrock from me) and a window seat. And the linens are wonderful.<br><br><br>

... the railings before being moved so the TV crew could get out.<br><br>The show itself was AMAZING! The Killer Whales were so massive and graceful, and there was a little baby one that copied its mummy and could do all the flips and stuff already! Simon decided however that we would sit in the middle, about 5 rows from the front in the 'Soak Zone'. the soak zone goes up about 16 rows, and they show a video before about how wet you get - VERY! I was very worried about getting drenched ...

... down and snaked it out.  When we got back to the room our sink and tub were full of sand and grime and it looked like the sink drain had a explosion that filled our floor with a flood of drain water.  Other than that the room was similar to a motel 6 on steroids.  Service was great yet would give it a 2 stars at most.  Ohh yea the bed was comfy!<br> 

Zu**st einmal früh aufstehen und dann ab zum Bus, denn Heute gehen wir in den Zoo, (Oli, Antonio und ich). Mit dem Trolli bis Civic Cent** und dan mit dem Bus Nr. 7 bis Balboapark Zoo (Ich weiss die Stationen und Nr sind nicht von belangen ab** es klingt int**essant** ;-) ) D** Park ist gross und alles so h**rlich grün, es ist als ob man in einem Jungel ist. Auch die Ti**e haben einen grossen Auslauf, (auss ...

... because we were booked in for the 7pm show at Medieval Times. What fun! From the moment you enter they put in a fun mood. Knighting ceremonies, and princesses, and kings, and horses! So much to take in. The food was delicious! First was a tomato soup- I don't normally like soup, but I was tempted to ask for seconds with this one. Then garlic bread that was so flavorful. We then got 1/2 a ...

... where the animals were more active or so close. Case and point: We saw a black jaguar walking in his cage. Had any of us been stupid enough we could have reached across the fence into the cage and petted him as he walked by. We ...

... 8:00 a.m. west coast time is not going to help me next week when I try to return to any sense of life or schedule BC (Before California). This week has been all about C's: catching up, cuisine, cats, Che, credit and cars, and believe me, I have the stories to prove it. Catching Up: Catching up with old friends is an obvious one, and you know there are few people in life with whom you can pick up where you left off, whether a ...

... Napriek tomu by som si chcel kupit auto. Mozno niekedy buduci mesiac alebo tak, aby som mohol aj niekam ist a pripadne ked budem mat stretnutia v San Diegu, aby som nemusel chodit autobusom. Iked stoji to len asi 1 dolar. Inak benzin tu stoji okolo 16,50 SKK za liter, takze pohoda. Je tu toho vela co vidiet. Teraz mam este stale jet lag, lebo v Europe je akurat 2:00 rano a tu je 17:00, takze ma taha na spanok. Ale inak je to tu super. Tesim sa na nasledovne 3 tyzdne. :-)