Jam Packed to San Diego

You all know how things don't pack in to your bags as well on the way back as they did when you first packed? Well, we are not on the way back yet!

This morning we "packed" our bags, returned our Chevy "rental" and took the Goldline into Union Station LA. It is a beautiful building of Spanish influence. We were able to catch an earlier Amtrak train down to San Diego. We were asked to take 4 pounds out of our checked baggage. We looked blankly at each other and had a guess, which turned out to be a good guess. It was quite a nice trip particularly the second half which runs along the coast most of the time. There were surprisingly few people; the seats were a little run down but fine. Train travel is quite relaxing and gives you a different view of things in comparison to when you are driving. Driving on the wrong (right) side of the road certainly adds to the challenge.

It was just a short walk from the beautiful station at San Diego to our "lodging" at the Holiday Inn on the Bay. We have a spacious king bed room with bay views - just beautiful. We had dinner at the Elephant and Castle an Irish bar and restaurant which is attached to the motel - two glasses of red at happy hour and I can make anything sound great or is that everything I write sounds great?

We said goodbye to David and Claire last night as David was leaving at 4am this morning and Claire at 7am. My brother sent an email this afternoon to check that we had not overshot San Diego and ended up in a rat infested brothel in Tijuana! I'm happy to say - it's all good!