After our relatively early night we woke briefly at some point in the early hours (maybe 5am) but managed to stay asleep until just before 7am.
We got ready and went to Arlo for breakfast (this was one of several dining options at the hotel), we both had the 2 eggs option with bacon and potatoes. I had coffee which was refilled regularly and Rob had tea, the total cost was about $60 inc tip.
The others joined us as we were finishing so we left them to eat while we went to get ready (we had a quick look around the resort on the way back to our room), we agreed to meet after they were done and all headed into the city via the trolley (we bought pronto cards, which are like oyster cards, and loaded them with credit).
We got off at County Center and walked towards the water where we discovered a parade which we weren’t expecting - The San Diego Holiday Bowl parade!
As you would expect I enjoyed this, it had balloons, marching bands even some Disney and Marvel characters!
We watched for about an hour then walked towards USS Midway which we considered visiting but obviously lots of people had the same idea.
We decided it was too busy to visit today so we went for a wander, ending up at Little Italy where we had a drink and snack.
I had a flat white and a peanut butter and chocolate cookie. Rob had a coke and a blueberry muffin.
We had earlier passed the San Diego Central Jail and a variety of bail bond locations…I was particularly interested in the Aladdin one!
We walked back to the waterfront and then took the trolley back to our stop (Fashion Valley) at about 1430.
We went to the Fashion Valley Mall where we looked around for a little while. We didn’t buy anything but planned to return to Bath and Bodyworks to get some foaming soaps amongst other things.
We needed a little rest so went back to our room and we watched some tv which ended up being one of the Hulk movies.
Then we walked back to the mall for dinner at Sbarro where we both had a slice of pepperoni and Rob had a Stromboli and I had a slice of mushroom pizza. The pepperoni was definitely the better choice than the mushroom for me.
We headed back to our room via what we decided to call ‘stabby alley’ and watched some of Thor before bed.
‘Stabby alley’ was the route from the mall to our hotel, it was a short walk across a road and under the overpass where the trolley ran and then a short footbridge to our hotel.
During the day this was perfectly fine but in the evening it appeared to be a popular spot for some of the local homeless community to set up camp for the night.
As we returned this evening they were setting up camp as we walked back, including lighting a camp fire. They didn’t bother us but I would definitely use caution walking back and forth at night.
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