December 27, 2005

We checked out of the crappy Ramada Inn (located at 3900 Willshire). We were so bummed in that place and were so happy to finally leave the place for good and never recommend that place or any Ramada Inn for that matter.

Mama Nene decided to go with us (Deb, Skip and Danaea) to San Diego. Our drive to San Diego was supposedly three hours and thirty minutes from Los Angeles, but the traffic was bad. It took us five hours to reach San Diego. I purchased a GO SAN DIEGO CARD for a day. It was a good buy, for you could see a lot of other places for the price of $49 per adult. But for us, we never got to benefit from it. We got in San Diego around 2PM, we had to look for the visitor center to get our tickets to the San Diego Zoo. The zoo closes at 4PM. We had to take the tour, so we could view the whole place and get some photos. Then after the 35 minute tour, all the other places to visit with the card were close and we were already exhausted. We were hungry and we still didn't know where to stay for the night. I had been calling hotels in San Diego and they were charging $129.00 per night, and they were not even 3 stars hotel. So we just decided to drive around the city and look. Then we saw the bridge... I told Skip that it connects to Coronado... so we all drove to the bridge... and we were pleasantly surprise. The place was beautiful! We wanted to check in at the famous Hotel del Corenado, but there was a crowd... we just check around and called other hotels and we got the best price of them all for $169.00 (suite room) at the Glorietta Bay Inn. Just in front of the Hotel del Coronado. It looked very nice...

Here's some photos from the San Diego Zoo: