Are you considering a trip to San Diego, but want to know what your kids will REALLY like? In this blog you hear a lot from me, but this is a family travel blog; isn’t it time you hear from my child? I put some questions to my daughter, a budding writer, and asked her…
Touring a city is always fun but taking a night tour is always another level. When my daughter suggested we check out Old Town Trolley San Diego City Lights Tour, I was excited about it. I was expecting to see the beautiful city lit up at night, but I was surprised to find out how…
I love beaches. I grew up two blocks from the beach. I have lived less than 1 hour’s drive from a beach most of my life. I have been to beaches up and down the East and West Coast of the United States and to some in Hawaii. And I have never had a better…
A state park full of historic buildings that are supposed to tell the history of San Diego; that sounded exactly like something I would love. I could not wait to check out Old Town San Diego and learn about a part of California’s history I did not know as much about. What I discovered is…
“Soar on a cushion of air up to 30 feet high”. That did not sound like something my son, with his fear of heights and danger, would want to do. But as soon as he saw the iFly brochure in the lobby of our San Diego hotel, he talked of nothing else. With his father…
“You went all the way to San Diego and DIDN’T go to the San Diego Zoo?” That was most common comment I got about our last trip to San Diego. We prioritized the San Diego Zoo this time around and we were not disappointed. Sure, we admired the playful animals, but there was so much…
On the San Diego Waterfront is an impressively gigantic aircraft carrier, lit up at night, that hosts a world of history as one of the longest-running aircraft carriers, the USS Midway. Named after the famous World War II Battle of Midway, the ship was commissioned two days after the end of the war but still…
As you book your Legoland vacation online you are always offered enticing add-ons to your stay. Once such add-on caught my eye. I could book dinner at the Bricks Family Restaurant in the Legoland hotel for 20% off. The dinner advertised “being entertained by the Legoland Hotel heroes” and called it the “Dinner and Dance…
Bins of legos so big you can climb into them. Dance parties in every elevator ride. Lego models all over the hotel and in the rooms. A separate kid bunk bed area in each room. A bar located right next to the kid play area. Why would you ever want to stay at any other…
On our last day in San Diego, we spent a lazy morning packing up our AirBnB and making a picnic lunch. We were headed north next, and thought on our way out of town, at the suggestion of a friend, we decided to check out Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve. My friend promised beautiful views…