forestofglory

One of my friends who lives in the UK is going to be in San Diego for a work trip. I'm going to fly down for a day a see and see her in person! So I thought I'd ask here if anyone has advice for things to do in San Diego?

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hamsterwoman

Seconding San Diego Zoo for anyone at all interested in animals (but it's enormous, and really an all day outing, I think, to get your money's worth). And Balboa Park is very nice in general. When we visited, we skipped the museums but enjoyed the assorted gardens inside the park (cacti! roses! -- well, depending on the season, for the latter) and mosaic fountains and just strolling around.

There's also a neat Maritime Museum, which occupies several ships of various vintage (from a Age of Sail ship to a research sub, with a bunch of stuff in-between), which was a nice thing to do while enjoying the shoreline. We ended up tourind the aircraft carrier nearby as well, but I wouldn't go do that on my own (my husband seemed to really enjoy it, though.)

Oh, and if you/your friend like Mexican food, I recommend Cafe Coyote in Old Town -- we sampled a bunch of other places during our vacation but kept coming back there for tasty food, fast service, and enormous margaritas. (Caveat: my info is several years out of date, so hopefully they're still as good as I remember!)