Day 16

Up 4am. Andy out 5am for San Diego 'Finest City' half marathon. V and friends also doing it.

I met Paul 6.30 and we walked to finish - took about an hour.

Cloudy but warm.

V finished just over 2 hours and Andy PW.

Walked back to hotel - seemed to take forever! Sunny and warm now.

Hour to regroup then met 11.30. Had a beer & chicken sandwich/burger then out to Coronado island. Very gentile seaside town. Coronado hotel right beside the sea built 1878 - very grand and atmospheric.
Had icecream/coffee and sat around for a while.

Drove back across fabulous Coronado bridge - 2 miles long.

Back for rest and pack 3.30.

Met 5.30 - P & V took us to La Jolla. Very pleasant seaside town. Dinner at George's. Had calamares/octopus and tacos/grilled chicken. All quite nice but not spectacular. Service v quick. Waiter 'Hope you're having a good day. How can I make it better'. Yuk. V had glass wine and got chopsy - teasing waiters.

Then walk down to ocean. Hundreds of sea lions playing in the sea and on the beach.

Back to hotel and couple drinks in the bar. V had another glass of wine and gave us her political views!

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