Mexico Cruise November 24 - 27, 2013

I just returned from a short cruise to Mexico.  The three day Princess cruise included a day in Ensenada and a relaxing day at sea.  It was a quick but fun trip with a group of friends just before Thanksgiving.  The trip started with a short drive to catch the Golden Princess in San Pedro.  The highlights of the first day included a tour of the ship, a sail away party and so much food!  After a great dinner and some drinks we returned to our cabin for some sleep.  

The next morning we were in Mexico!  We took a tour of the city that included a stop for wine tasting! After a great Mexican lunch we did some shopping and headed back to our ship.  Dinner, drinks and a show brought the night to a close.  

Our sea day began with breakfast in the cabin.  Next up was a walk around the ship, some napping, an English pub lunch and wine tasting to end the afternoon.  Pre dinner drinks, a spin in the casino, dinner at the ship's steakhouse and a British invasion musical rounded out the last night on the cruise.  

Our final morning of the trip included breakfast, customs and a short drive home.  This cruise was a perfect quick trip, short but sweet!

Golden Princess Cabin

Golden Princess

San Francisco October 24 - 27, 2013

I took a  trip to San Francisco with a friend in October.  I signed up to attend an economics teacher workshop at the Federal Reserve Bank and decided to stay in the city by the bay for the weekend. We flew into SFO on Thursday evening.  After our flight from Long Beach we took BART into the city.  My conference was downtown on Friday so we stayed at the newish Intercontinental hotel south of Market.   We had dinner and drinks on Friday evening at a great pub not far from our hotel. 

On Saturday morning we set out in the city to eat and wonder the streets.  We had breakfast and walked to the Castro.  We did some window shopping and I almost adopted a very cute puppy!  We ended the day by the bay.  We had dinner by the ferry building at the Clubhouse.  

On Sunday morning it was BART time again taking us back to the airport for our fast flight back to southern California.  I always love SF and I cannot wait to go back!