Travel with Art

San Diego has lived up to its reputation for wonderful weather. Over the 8 days I spent here 6 of them were all sunny, 1 a bit overcast and chilly in the morning but sunny in the afternoon, and the last had some rain in the morning but then turned to slightly cloudy but lots of sun. This city is spread out but has a great mass transit system (busses, trolleys, trains) to get you around. I stayed in Downtown near the Gaslamp Quarter with its easy access to the shipping and cruiseline piers, great restaurants and pubs and shopping. I explored there but also went quite a bit further a field, as well as out on boat tours of the North and South bays. The major attraction, Seaworld, is on a set of islands in a secluded bay area just off of Oldtown, and just off of the beautiful ocean boardwalk that starts at Mission Beach and carries on to Pacific Beach. Outwards from there and I explored La Jolla. Closer to Downtown is the huge Balboa Park that has its own free trolley to get people ar...

I had a few great days in San Diego prior to boarding the Celebrity Century for the cruise to Hawai'i and back to San Diego. During that time I wandered the Gaslamp Quarter and spent time with Neil, Gayle and Abigayle who were luxuriating at the Paradise Point Resort and actively visiting the local attractions like Seaworld. We hung out together, had dinner a couple of times and headed out to Mission Beach Boardwalk. Great times - but the ship called... Here are the photos from San Diego: The Celebrity Century is one of the smaller in the Celebrity fleet with 1,800 passengers. The pools were smaller but loads of deck chairs around it and on the upper deck. As for other ships I had use of a fully equipped gym (and I actually used it a fair bit); as well as many bars and of course the casino (which I did not use at all). Our sub-group was 35 strong but it seem to split right away into 2 camps. Of well, best not to push if some people are more clique'ish. It our main g...