Temecula Valley

Friday was Temecula Valley wine tasting. I LOVE the wine that is grown here. I like it better than Napa but Laura liked Napa better...I think their wines are sweeter here and I like sweet wines. I bought 6 bottles of wine but I had them shipped. I can't wait to get them!

Cooking with Matty

Thursday night Matty came and cooked a yellowtail for us that he had caught that day. It was some of the best food ever! We also got to watch the fireworks that Seaworld does every night right from Laura's balcony.



I started a new trend of side ponytails in California!

"Dinner Club"

Since Laura had to work Wednesday we went to Laura's roomie Mikey's dinner club. Well everyone else couldn't come so ended up just being us 3 but we had a good time! We started at this restaurant, then went to this cheap bar called Star and then to a country western bar called Incahoots. There they had line dancing, cowboys, and all everybody had on cowboy boots! They had dances for all the songs and we could do a few of them but some were too hard to figure out! We all had WAAYY to much fun.

This is for you Chris...

this was a statue that Chris found online and wanted a picture of it so bad. Its a statue of a navy pilot kissing his nurse girlfriend! Its in front of a navy battleship and there is also a Bob Hope memorial there too. It was a very cool statue cause it looked so real!

Koala Pics

Last time I didn't get to see the koalas so I was so excited to see them this time. They were absolutely adorable! They look so cuddly and cute but I hear they are really mean!



These koalas kept kissing each other...it was very cute but I couldn't get a pic of them actually kissing!

More Zoo Pics

Polar Bears

My last trip here I fell in love with the pandas. This time...the polar bears. They were so active! They were all jumping in the water, playing with their toys, or coming up to the glass and playing with us! They were absolutely gorgeous! And this was why I ended up with 175 pics of just them.

It was such an amazing experience for Aereal and me...I can just imagine what this was like for these little kids!

San Diego Zoo

Wednesday Laura had to work so me and Aereal rented a car and went to the zoo. I had been before but missed a lot of it and we covered it ALL this time! I took TONS of pics here and 175 alone of just the polar bears! If you ever get a chance to go to the zoo you need to...its world famous for a reason!

my new camera is awesome! I get great actions shots!

Humping Humping Hippos

the grey one is a baby flamingo


this gorilla was hanging out on the glass...I really was this close to him!

Taco Tuesday

our group with Laura's friend Dan

Aereal tried to pick up a few flirt moves from Laura...not really the same : )

with the Irish boys

me and Aereal got a little bored

we met up with my Australian friend Rebecca

Balboa Park

Tuesday Laura's friend Matty took us to Balboa Park, this huge park in San Diego. We had lunch at this magnificent restaurant called Pravo or Prado (can't really remember) but it was the fanciest food I think I've ever had!

Matty eating sugar cane

entrance to Balboa

us at restaurant

huge Oak Tree

Aereal update

....so Miranda is still recovering from the events of last night, so I (Aereal) am updating...but no worries Brenda she is still alive! San Diego is incredible. We are having the best time. Yesterday we spent the day at the zoo, and then went to a "dinner club" meeting with Laura's roommate Mikey. Laura had to work so Mikey took us to a few local bars - Star Bar was pretty awesome, but nothing can compare to EN CAHOOTS (spelling?)....It was a TRUE country bar. Everyone there had on cowboy hats and boots...everyone was line dancing. Pretty comical. and of course Miranda got on a rant "THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT COUNTRY IS!!!!!!!!!!!" It was a great time for sure, although we are all paying today, and didn't do too much sight seeing. Tomorrow is Temecula Valley though. Check my (Aereal) blog because I did ACTUALLY update for once and i put a few different pictures up! :)


Our first night here

Miranda's poor luggage :( clearly just "wear and tear" right?!

Arriving in San Diego

So we arrived last night around 10:30 Cali time to John Wayne International Airport in Orange County. We had great flights. On our first flight we had exit row seats so we had TONS of leg room, next flight not so much but we got to watch tv. Well, we get there and Aereal's bag...no where to be found. The lady said it didn't even get scanned in Bham. We're loading mine into Laura's car and Laura's like does your bag have a hole in it...yep they ripped mine too. The lady told me it was normal wear and tear.

They told Aereal her bag would be delivered around noon today. So we went to Balboa park and the bag never came, then they said it would be by 6:00, no bag, then they said by 8:00. Thats when Aereal got mad...she called and let them have it! Her bag arrived about 45 min ago and it was hilarious! She gave the delivery man the biggest hug! I'm so happy she found her bag! We're about to go to Tues Taco...cheap tacos and cheap drinks.

Sorry no pics can't get them on here for some reason....