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Christmas Lights and Decorations in San Francisco, California 2007-12-19 22:41:00 Have a very Merry Christmas
everyone!The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.A San Francisco
cable car on California
Street decorated with Christmas lights.Tonight after work I walked around San Francisco
taking pictures of Christmas decorations. A San Francisco cable car on California Street in front of the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Decorations inside of the Hyatt Regency Hotel at the Embarcadeo waterfront. A train model decorates the lower part of the medal sculpture in the Hyatt Regency hotel lobby.Additional Christmas decorations in a different part of the Hyatt Regency lobby. A Christmas tree in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency.The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them. Christmas decorations in front of a building on California Street. This is one of the streets the cable cars operate on.A travel video.Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com A Christmas tree in the lobby of the California American Automobile Association on Van Ness Avenue. Christmas trees in the windows of Davies Sympho Read more:Lights
, Christmas Lights
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany - Bavaria 2007-12-19 04:10:00 The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a well-preserved medieval walled town. The name Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a shortened version of Rothenburg oberhalb der Tauber that means Rothenburg over the Tauber. That is because the town is located on top of a mount overlooking the Tauber river. The name Rothenburg comes from the German words Rot (Red) and Burg (burg, medieval fortified town), referring to the red colour of the roofs of the houses which overlook the river. Rothenburg is the inspiration for the village in Walt Disney's story of Pinocchio. Most of the surviving buildings in Rothenburg were built in the 1400's.View of the skyline of Rothenburg. Catherine pretending to be sleepy.Catherine and I had a small, but very nice room at the Hotel Kloster-Strüble.A travel video.Watch the latest videos on YouTube.comA famous street in Rothenburg at Koboldzellersteig and Spittalgasse.Part of the wall around Rothenburg.We had a very nice dinner at the Hote Read more:Germany
New York City, New York - Pictures at Christmas 2007-12-18 08:32:00 Pictures enlarge if you click on them. We have returned from our trip to New York
City and Christmas
decorations were going up everywhere. Here are a few shots until I have time to post more information.A nice travel video.Watch the latest videos on YouTube.comFor more information on our trip please check out: New York City
, New York. If you enjoyed this post, you might also enjoy previous posts Amsterdam, Netherlands or Swiss Alps - The Schilthorn, or Baden-Baden, Germany - Bavaria.Use the search box at the bottom of this page to find previous postings on London, Amsterdam, Japan, Germany, Austria, Yellowstone, New York, Boston, Switzerland, Alps, Plymouth Mass., Washington DC, San Francisco, Manila, San Diego or Quebec.Travel Tales and Pictures: http://johnfultz.blogspot.com Read more:Pictures
New York City, New York - At Christmas - Part V 2007-12-18 08:20:00 Pictures enlarge if you click on them.Bloomingdale's decorated for Christmas
.My employer gave me the opportunity to go to New York
City for a week. My wife Catherine took vacation from her job to join me and we left on a Saturday so we could enjoy the city. All over Manhattan buildings were decorated for Christmas.New York City
street decorated for ChristmasA nice travel video.Watch the latest videos on YouTube.comChristmas lights in Manhattan Roosevelt Island TramCatherine and I put in reservations for dinner at the Serendipity restaurant and had an hour to kill so we walked around the Upper East Side neighborhood. Unexpectedly we ran across the tram to Roosevelt Island. I had read about the tram some time ago and we decided we had time to ride it across and back and take in the city lights before dinner.Roosevelt Island is a narrow island in the East River of New York City. It lies between the island of Manhattan to its west and the borough of Queens on Long Island to its east.Altho
New York City, New York - Christmas - Part IV 2007-12-16 03:25:00 Pictures enlarge if you click on them.Bryant ParkAn outdoor ice skating ring at Bryant Park. Bryant Park is Midtown's only major green space. America's first World's Fair, the Crystal Palace Exhibition, was held here in 1853-1854.My employer gave me the opportunity to go to New York
City for a week. My wife Catherine took vacation from her job to join me and we left on a Saturday so we could enjoy the city. The Josephine Shaw Lowell Fountain at Bryant ParkMy wife recognized this fountain as the one shown on the TV series "Friends". I don't remember ever seeing the show, but later when we were at home, we watched to see if we could see the fountain and we did. Josephine Shaw Lowell is the first woman to be honored by a major monument in New York City
, was the first female member of the New York State Board of Charities, serving from 1876 to 1889. The Pond at Bryant Park Empire State Building in red and green lights for Christmas
A scene from Bryant Park with the Empire State Building
Upper Geyser Basin - Yellowstone National Park 2007-12-15 14:03:00 Catherine and I walked through the Upper
Geyser Basin
by walking along the boardwalks and paved trails in this area. The hike is between two and four miles long depending on which trails you follow. The Upper Geyser Basin contains twenty percent of the world's geysers, the largest concentration on earth.The one square mile basin has several groups of hot springs and over 150 geysers,including Old Faithful. In the background of this photo you can see the Old Faithful Inn. Catherine and I stayed here while we visited the Old Faithful area of Yellowstone National
Park. Along the rim of the caldera in Yellowstone is the Upper Geyser Basin, which has the highest concentration of geothermal features in the park. This area includes the Old Faithful Geyser, as well as four other predictable large geysers. One of these large geysers in the area is Castle Geyser which is about 1400 feet northwest of Old Faithful. Castle Geyser has an interval of approximately 13 hours between major eruptions,
Grizzly Bear - Yellowstone National Park 2007-12-14 22:14:00 When Catherine and I were in Yellowstone National
Park we saw three grizzly bears and were able to get photos of the two bears on this page. This first bear we saw near Yellowstone Lake past fishing bridge heading east towards Cody. We first saw the bear in some brush. He then looked like he was being tormented by bugs. He swiped at them with his paws and rolled around. He then started to run. After a while he ran into a pond and started swimming.Pictures enlarge if you click on them. The grizzly bear is a powerful bear that lives in western North America. Grizzly
bears reach weights of 400-1,500 pounds and stands 8 ft tall on its hind legs. The grizzly has a large hump over the shoulders, which is a muscle mass used to power the forelimbs in digging. The head is large and round with a concave facial profile. In spite of their massive size, these bears can run at speeds of up to thirty-five miles per hour. Three decades ago, there were just 136 of the bears roaming Yellowstone and o Read more:Grizzly Bear
Washington, DC - At Christmas - Part III 2007-12-14 03:05:00 Continued from Washington
, DC - Part II.I had lots of free airfare tickets from Southwest Airlines that were about to expire. Southwest is one of the few airlines that have frequent flyer miles (tickets) that expire. So Catherine and I took vacation time and went to see Washington DC at Christmas
. I have been to Washington DC many times on business and for pleasure and Catherine visited there once without me, but we had never been there together.Pictures enlarge if you click on them.The White HouseThe White House has been the official residence of the president of the United States since 1800. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. The winner of a 1792 competition for its design was the Irish-American architect James Hoban. As early as 1807, Benjamin Latrobe, the principal architect of the Capitol, sought to improve the building by preparing designs for pavilions at either end (added that year in collaboration with Thomas Jefferson), for interior alterations, and
Old Faithful Geyser - Yellowstone National Park 2007-12-12 22:07:00 Old Faithful
is a cone geyser located in Yellowstone National
Park. An eruption can shoot 3,700 to 8,400 gallons of boiling water to a height of 106-184 feet lasting from 1.5 to 5 minutes. The average height of an eruption is 145 feet. Eruptions often occur about 90 minutes apart, but this interval can range from 45 to 125 minutes on occasion. Over the years, the length of the interval has increased, which may be the result of earthquakes affecting subterranean water levels. These disruptions have made the earlier mathematical relationship inaccurate, but have in fact made Old Faithful more predictable. With an error of 10 minutes, Old Faithful will erupt 65 minutes after an eruption lasting less than 2.5 minutes or 92 minutes after an eruption lasting more than 2.5 minutes. The reliability of Old Faithful can be attributed to the fact that it is not connected to any other thermal features of the Upper Geyser Basin.Pictures enlarge if you click on them.When Catherine and I visited
Grand Teton National Park - Part II 2007-12-10 03:00:00 Grand Teton National
Park is a National Park
located in western Wyoming, south of Yellowstone National Park. The park is named after Grand Teton, which at 13,770 feet, is the tallest mountain in the Teton Range.While Catherine and I were visiting Yellowstone National Park, we took a day and went to Grand Teton National Park.Pictures enlarge if you click on them.A travel video.Watch the latest videos on YouTube.comCatherine with Jackson Lake in the background.Pictures enlarge if you click on them.Pictures enlarge if you click on them.Use the search box at the bottom of this page to find previous postings on London, Amsterdam, Japan, Germany, Austria, Yellowstone, New York, Boston, Switzerland, Alps, Plymouth Mass., Washington DC, San Francisco, Manila, San Diego or Quebec.More about our trip to Yellowstone National Park at: Yellowstone National Park.You can also see photos of our trip to Mt. Schilthorn in Switzerland.Travel Tales and Pictures: http://johnfultz.blogspot.com Read more:Grand
Mount Washburn - Yellowstone National Park 2007-12-09 22:04:00 Catherine and I hiked up Mount Washburn in Yellowstone National
Park. We climbed from the Chittenden Road parking area to the 10,243 foot summit. The hike was about 6 miles round trip. Mount Washburn was named for its discoverer, former Civil War general and U.S. Congressman Henry D. Washburn, who was the surveyor general of Montana after the war.Pictures enlarge if you click on them.Pictures enlarge if you click on them.We could see the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River from the trail.The trail began to be covered in snow the higher we hiked up Mt. Washburn.On the way to the top of Mount Washburn we saw this Yellow-bellied Marmot (Rock Chuck). The Yellow-bellied Marmot reside in colonies of about 10 to 20. Each male marmot digs a burrow soon after he wakes up from hibernation. He then starts looking for females and by summer has 1 to 4 females living with him. Litters usually average 2-5 offspring per female. Yellow-bellied Marmots burrows include "toilet rooms" in their burrows a
Tokyo, Japan 2007-12-08 04:50:00 Pictures enlarge if you click on them. A Buddhist Temple outside of Tokyo
.My first trip to Japan
was a business trip that included stops in Amsterdam and Tokyo. At the time I was working for a big four accounting firm. The client was a software company located in San Francisco California's Silicon Valley. My responsibility was to go to the Europe and Asia subsidiaries to look at controls they had in place to ensure that the company was in fact receiving all the royalties they were due for licenses issued.After leaving Amsterdam, I flew to Hong Kong by flying over Russia and China, a twelve hour flight. There was a short layover in Hong Kong and then I flew for another eight hours to Tokyo. Arriving in Tokyo's Narita International Airport was a much greater language challenge than Amsterdam. The customs information to be completed was thankfully in both Japanese and English. However, due to security concerns and Japanese immigration procedures, customs took about an hour to clear.Aft
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland - The Alps 2007-12-07 03:53:00 The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them. Welcome to the Alps. When we left Murten, Switzerland
we drove to the the Bernese Oberland in the alpine heart of Switzerland.A travel video.Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com View from the car on the way to Lauterbrunnen. On the way to Lauderbrunnen we stopped at Wilderswil to check a map. When we opened the windows, Catherine and I heard the bells on the cows. Catherine said "We are in Switzerland".This is taken in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland where we stayed. It is near the Interlaken area and nestled between two large mountain areas. On one side is the Eiger / Monch /Jungfrau and the other is the Schilthorn, which we explored during our stay. At the southern end of Lauterbrunnen is the Staubbach falls. The falls are about 980 feet long, the highest in Switzerland. This is taken from the parking lot of our hotel, the Hotel Staubbach. A lamb in a field near the hotel in lauterbrunnen. We caught a gondola (cable car) heading to Murren and t
Vienna (Wein), Austria - Part III 2007-12-06 04:01:00 The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them. Catherine in front of the Stephansdom (St. Stephen's Cathederal) the tallest church in Austria
. Stephansdom is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vienna
. The composer Ludwig van Beethoven is said to have discovered the totality of his deafness when he saw birds flying out of the bell tower as a result of the bells' tolling but could not hear the bells. Stephansdom was first built as a parish church of the Diocese of Passau in 1147 and rebuilt and enlarged over the centuries, with major new work concluding in 1511.The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them. Inside the Stephansdom (St. Stephen's Cathederal).Watch the latest videos on YouTube.comA Travel Video.Catherine in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art store in Vienna.Catherine and I took a tour of the Vienna Opera House. The tour took us throughout the Opera House, including through the back stage areas. The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them. The following pictures we
Lucerne, Switzerland - Part II 2007-12-05 22:55:00 Post continued from Lucern, Switzerland
.The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them. Bertel Thorvaldsen's hillside carving of a dying lion (the Lion Monument, or Löwendenkmal) is found in a small park just off Lowenplatz. The carving commemorates the hundreds of Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution, when the mob stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris. One of the Lucerne's famous landmarks is Chapel Bridge (Kapellbrücke), a wooden bridge first built in the 14th Century. This is a shot of the ceiling of the bridge. Inside the bridge are a series of paintings from the 17th century depicting events from Luzern's history that you can see in this shot. Near the Chapel Bridge, just a few steps from the Reuss River, we had a nice lunch at a Rossini's sidewalk cafe.The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them. Catherine on a pedestrian street in Lucerne, SwitzerlandThe pictures ENLARGE if you click on them. View of a hotel lobby near Lake Lucerne. View of the me
Swiss Alps Village - Gimmelwald, Switzerland 2007-12-05 04:49:00 When Catherine and I left the peak of the Schilthorn, we went halfway down the mountain to a small village called Gimmelwald. This posting was continued from Swiss
Alps - The SchilthornII.Pictures enlarge if you click on them.Welcome to Gimmelwald, a small village high in the Swiss Alps.We spent the afternoon hiking around this village. A travel video.Watch the latest videos on YouTube.comAn attractive wooden water trough decorated with a flower pot. Pictures enlarge if you click on them. Gimmelwald, the small Swiss village in the Alps. The sign for the mountain hosital with a wooden water trough turned into a planting box. Pictures enlarge if you click on them.Mountain meadow near Gimmelwald. The hills were covered in spring flowers.I tried to get a picture of the cows on the mountainside, but the cows turned the wrong way! Pictures enlarge if you click on them. In the background is the small school for the Swiss village of Gimmelwald. There is a married couple in town that share t Read more:Switzerland
, Village
Vienna (Wein), Austria 2007-12-05 04:10:00 Vienna (In German, Wein) is the capital of Austria
. Vienna lies in the eastern part of Austria and is close to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. Art and culture have a long tradition in Vienna, including theater, opera, classical music and fine arts. The Burgtheater is considered one of the best theaters in the German-speaking world. Vienna is also home to a number of opera houses, including the Staatsoper.The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.There was great outdoor artwork throughout Vienna. Here is an exterior view of the Albertina Museum. A monument of Gothe located at Ringstrasse.A travel video.Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.You can see the Freedom Sculpture in the background of this photo.Vienna had a great deal of interesting public art. Here is a view, in front of the Albertina, is Alfred Hrdlicka's war memorial that commemorates WW II atrocities.When we arrived it was raining and we were tired from fighting the tra Read more:Vienna
Bavaria Germany - Neuschwanstein Castle 2007-12-05 04:09:00 The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.Me with the Neuschwanstein Castle
castle in the background."Mad King" Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm II, King of Bavaria was king of Bavaria from 1864 until shortly before his death 1886. Ludwig's sanity or lack thereof, was a hotly disputed issue near the end of his life. Ludwig ascended to the Bavarian throne at 18, following his father's early death.Due to the loss of Bavarian independence, Ludwig became increasingly withdrawn from the royal court and government. In the 1880s, Ludwig spent much of his time in seclusion in the Bavarian Alps. There he built several expensive fairytale castles including Neuschwanstein Castle.Mystery surrounds Ludwig's death on Lake Starnberg. Some people believe that Ludwig was murdered by his political enemies while attempting to escape from Berg. Ludwig asked to take a walk with Professor Gudden. The two men never returned. King Ludwig and Professor Gudden were found dead floating in the water near the shore of Read more:Germany
Amsterdam, Netherlands 2007-12-03 03:47:00 Pictures enlarge if you click on them. Houses on a canal street in Amsterdam
A canal in the middle of Amsterdam.My first trip to Europe was a business trip that included stops in Amsterdam and Tokyo. At the time I was working for a big four accounting firm. The client was a software company located in San Francisco California's Silicon Valley. My responsibility was to go to the Europe and Asia subsidiaries to look at controls they had in place to ensure that the company was in fact receiving all the royalties they were due for licenses issued. I took one day of vacation and left for the trip one day early so I could enjoy the weekend in Amsterdam.A travel video.Watch the latest videos on YouTube.comAmsterdam houses on a canal streetIt was a long flight from San Francisco to my first stop in London. As the plane was approaching London, we were put into a holding pattern over the city for five minutes. As a result, for the first time I could see the city of London; including the Houses o Read more:Netherlands
Yellowstone National Park 2007-12-02 14:50:00 The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.Lake YellowstoneWhen Catherine and I arrive at Yellowstone National
Park, for the first night, we stayed at the Grant Village Hotel in the southern part of the park. The room was a basic room and like all the hotel rooms in the park, it did not include television or internet access. We had breakfast at the Grant Village restaurant where the dining room overlooked Lake Yellowstone.The food was good and it was a beautiful dining room at the Grant Village Restaurant.Tower-Roosevelt Junction.The next morning we started driving towards Lamar Valley in the Northeaster part of the park. Along the way we stopped at Tower-Roosevelt Junction.The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.A travel video.Watch the latest videos on YouTube.comTower-Roosevelt area.When my mother sees this she will say, "Don't get so close to the edge!"The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them. When we left the Tower-Roosevelt area and arrive at the entrance to Hayden Valley, we
Grand Teton National Park 2007-12-02 00:32:00 The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.After Catherine and I left Jackson, Wyoming we continued our drive to Grand
Teton National
Park on our way to Yellowstone. Grand Teton National Park
is a National Park located in western Wyoming, south of Yellowstone National Park. The park is named after Grand Teton, which at 13,770 feet, is the tallest mountain in the Teton Range. The Teton Range is part of the Rocky Mountains and rises directly from the floor of Jackson Hole without any intervening foothills. Jackson Hole is a 55 mile long by 6 to 13 mile wide valley that has an average elevation of 6,800 feet. A travel video.Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com There were lots of buffalo (American Bison) were walking along the roadway and seemed undisturbed by the presence of cars. The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.It's hard to see in this photo, but in this photo are elk.Lupine flowers blooming in a field along the side of the road.If you enjoyed this post, you might a
San Diego, California - USS Midway 2007-12-01 21:13:00 The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.When Catherine and I were in San Diego
, we also visited the aircraft carrier, USS Midway
. As of 2007 she is a museum ship in San Diego
, California
. I was especially happy to be able to visit the Midway because my father served as an officer in her and is a "plank owner". A "plank owner" is an individual who was a member of the crew of a ship when that ship was placed in commission or recommissioned.USS Midway (CVA-41) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. She was first commissioned after the end of World War II. She was active in the Vietnam War and in Operation Desert Storm. She is the only remaining aircraft carrier of the World War II era that is not an Essex-class ship.USS Midway was laid down 27 October 1943 in Newport News, Virginia. Her hull design was based on what would have been the Montana class battleships and gave her superior maneuverability over previous carriers. She was launched 20 March 1945.After shakedown in the
Tijuana, Mexico 2007-11-27 21:29:00 The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.That's me at a market in Tijuana
.Tijuana has a population of about two million people and is the second largest city (only Los Angeles is larger) on the west coast of North America.While Catherine and I were in San Diego, we drove to the Mexican border and walked across the border to Tijuana, Mexico
. We saw a lot of school kids that looked like they were returning home from private schools in the U.S.In Tijuana we saw lots of pharmacies and dental offices that market their products and services to United States citizensCatherine on one Avenida Revolucion, one of the main streets of Tijuana. Avenida Revolucion mainly has souvenir shops that market to U. S. citizens visiting Tijuana.Street scene in Tijuana, Mexico.The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them. A souvenir shop on Avenida Revolucion.To get a better feel of Tijuana we walked off the main street to find little markets and fruit stands.A travel video.Watch the latest videos on YouTube.
New York City, New York - Part III 2007-12-21 14:01:00 Pictures enlarge if you click on them. Times Square, New York
City My employer gave me the opportunity to go to New York City
for a week. My wife Catherine took vacation from her job to join me and we left on a Saturday so we could enjoy the city.Christmas decorations were up all over New York CityA nice travel video.Watch the latest videos on YouTube.comChristmas tree on the outside of Radio city Music HallSt. Patrick's Cathedral, New York CitySt. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City is the largest Roman Catholic cathedral in the United States, as well as the seat of the Archdiocese of New York.The Nave of St. Patrick's CathedralAltar in St. Patrick's CathedralAltar in St. Patrick's Cathedral Catherine catching the subway to Times Square Catherine walking to Times SquareOne night we went to Times Square to see all the neon lights and have dinner.On the way to Times SquareOn the way to Times SquareTimes SquareTimes SquareVirgil's Real BBQ restaurantWe went to Virgil's Real BBQ
San Diego, California - San Diego Zoo 2008-03-11 10:36:10 The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.A peacock in the Flamingo Lagoon near the entrance to the San DiegoZoo
.When people go to San Diego
, they almost always visit the San Diego Zoo, so of course while Catherine and I were in San Diego we also went there.The Flamingo Lagoon. Queensland KoalaA Giant Panda in the Giant Panda Research Station.We loved seeing the Giant Pandas.The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.A travel video.Watch the latest videos on YouTube.comA polar bear in the Polar Bear Plunge.We rode the "Skyfari Aerial Tram" that provided a view of the zoo from the air.From the tram we could see the roof of the "Museum of Man" in Balboa Park.Use the search box at the bottom of this page to find previous postings on London, Amsterdam, Japan, Germany, Austria, Yellowstone, New Read more:California
San Diego, California - USS Midway - Part II 2008-03-10 10:50:07 The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.The USS Midway
. The nose of A-6 Intruder (built by Grumman).My father served as an officer on the Midway and as a boy, I was able to sail on her for a day cruise as part of a "Dependent's Day Cruise".In August 1991,Midway sailed to San Diego
where she was decommissioned at Naval Air Station North Island on 11 April 1992. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 17 March 1997. During the decommissioning process, she was used to film portions of the movie At Sea, a documentary on carrier life shown only at the Navy Museum in Washington D.C. Sailors and their families participated in the filming or the homecoming scenes.On 30 September 2003, Midway began her journey from the Navy Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington, to Read more:California
, San Diego
San Diego - Point Loma 2008-03-06 10:39:20 The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.That's the Cabrillo National Monument in the background.In 1542 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was the first European to set foot on what is now the West Coast of the United States.View of San Diego
harbor from Point Loma.San Diego
Bay and Harbor.Outside the Visitor's Center at Cabrillo National Monument.Photo of Catherine and me at Point Loma.The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.Historic Marker at Cabrillo National Monument.The Old Point Loma Lighthouse is the background of this photo.Catherine outside the Visitor's Center at Cabrillo National Monument.A travel Video.Watch the latest videos on YouTube.comWe saw beautiful flowers all around San Diego.Point Loma is a peninsula bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and by the San Diego Bay on the e
San Diego, California - Part III 2008-03-05 11:11:54 The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.While Catherine and I were in San Diego
, we drove to Coronado Island to visit the Hotel del Coronado.A chandelier in the Hotel del Coronado.View of the ballroom were King Edward VIII and Presidents had parties.Ten U.S. Presidents have visited Hotel del Coronado, starting with Benjamin Harrison in 1891. One of the resort's most famous visitors was England's Prince of Wales in 1920. He would later become King Edward VIII, only to give up his throne in 1936 to marry Coronado divorcee Wallis Spencer Simpson. Many have speculated that they may have first met at Hotel del Coronado.View of the beach behind the Hotel del Coronado.In 1958, The Del was the backdrop for the comedy classic "Some Like It Hot," starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmo Read more:California
, San Diego
San Diego, California - Part II 2008-03-04 10:09:55 The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.Fishing boats in San Diego
harbor.Part of the San Diego
Fishing Fleet. San Diego's Santa Fe Depot is currently an Amtrak train station and is also used as a stop for San Diego Trolley's Light Rail Vehicles.Lots of flowers were blooming in San Diego while we were there.Catherine at San Diego's Embarcadero.View of downtown San Diego.A travel Video.Watch the latest videos on YouTube.comThe Seaport Village shopping center is on the San Diego Embarcadero.The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them.Catherine at the Seaport Village shopping center.The San Diego Embarcadero.We had great meals in San Diego including very good seafood meals.We had a nice seafood meal at "The Fish Market" restaurant on San Diego's Embarcadero. This is a Statue named “Uncondit Read more:California
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