The fam tour ended on Sunday morning and the bus dropped us at the car rental center at the airport, where we picked up our AVIS car, this time a nice, big, new Ford Escape (pic), much better than the one we got in Palm Springs! Glad to be on our own now. And, the sun was shining for a change!
First thing, we drove to Seaport Village , had coffee and a cupcake, and visited the famous statue of the "Kissing Sailor".
Then on to Balboa Park, which was deleted from the program yesterday. It's such a fantastic conglomeration of historic buildings and museums that it would have been a shame not to visit again. Balboa Park was originally called "City Park," but was renamed after Spanish explorer for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition. In addition to open space and gardens, it contains museums, theaters, and the Zoo. Balboa Park not only hosted the 1915–16 Panama–California Exposition but also the 1935–36 California Pacific International Exposition and both left architectural landmarks, mostly in the lavish Spanish Colonial Revival style. We ended the afternoon at a gorgeous pottery market of the SD Potters' Guild, very tasteful, creative and not-at-all expensive pottery.
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