Anna After our first stop in Los Angeles we decided to travel a bit more to the south. We booked a Flixbus to San Diego! However, this journey didn’t go as planned, which is apparently quite common when you are backpacking. Our bus got cancelled but we didn’t know. So we were waiting for a bus that never came and due to flixbus regulations another bus couldn’t take us with them. There was even a driver nice enough to make some phone calls for us but unfortunately that didn’t make a difference. He advised us to take the train to San Diego. So off we went with our big backpacks to the train station! Buying train tickets was a bit of a bummer because the prices were much higher than flixbus tickets but the train ride was amazing. The views were great and the Americans on the train were very chatty. We met a lovely elderly couple sitting across from us. They were heading to a university reunion. The husband even told us stories about his time in Europe. Right there and then we decided that that would be us in 50 years.
I enjoyed our stay in San Diego a lot. I think it’s my favourite stop on our journey through the USA. We stayed in a very cute white picket fence house, it was perfect: the porch, the fence, the garden and the dog. For me, this was what I imagined American homes to look like. Our host, Margo, was such a doll. She provided us with breakfast, free netflix and lots of tips! Thanks to her, I had the pleasure of eating the most amazing fish taco’s ever. We even watched a whole evening of Sex and the city with her and her dog Jack.
As for the sights, we visited Coronado island. It was such a magical place! We rented some bikes and discovered the whole island. From the island you had a great view of the San Diego skyline, it was beautiful. We also went to La Jolla to see the seals. I got quite a sunburn on my shoulders there but nevertheless, I thought it was wonderful. Kest was a little less excited than I was due to the smell of the seals, a bit fishy! Furthermore, we visited Balboa park where Kest discovered “the bird”. Quite an expensive little thing but it is fun to “bird around”. There was also this spot, where you could make some awesome photos with super high waves. Kest thought it would make a great photo. I waited for half an hour to take the photo but none of the waves came high enough. Afterwards, I said I’d like a photo there too and guess what? The wave we had been waiting for finally hit.. This made Kest jealous but I wasn’t very pleased as well as the wave went over my head and I was totally soaked! See picture down below.
And last but not least, I must say that the sunsets were quite sublime in San Diego. If I had to choose one city from our trip to visit again, it would definitely be San Diego. I liked the ambiance and it felt homey. The city was big enough but not too big like LA.
