We have officially started the countdown. I leave for camp on Monday, and I am freaking out about the amount of stuff I still have to do! I have a test on Thursday that I have been studying like crazy, and I am just praying I pass. This weekend, however, was a nice reprieve from the craziness that I've fallen into as I get ready to leave. My family decided to go down to San Diego for Mother's Day and do some of our favorite things down there. We Drove down to Balboa Park and spent the day walking around the Spanish Village which is one of my favorite places in the world. The flowers are gorgeous, the buildings are gorgeous, the ground is gorgeous! I absolutely love the weather in San Diego and it was just lovely, we stepped into some of the shops, got some coffee at the coffee cart, and then walked through the park.
After the gardens we walked around the square and looked at the vendors and performers scattered around the park, before walking over to the sculptures at the front of the museum. It was funny looking at them as an adult because I used to love this one of the man and the woman as a kid, but on a second look it's actually a really strange mosaic. The snake is kind of weird too but I didn't get a really good picture of it because we stared to head to the International Houses.
If you have never been to Balboa Park, I highly recommend it if only for the International Houses. This was my favorite thing as a kid, the best part of all of San Diego in my mind. The International Houses is a village in the park where each building represents a different country, they have folk music playing, photos and displays about the culture of that country and then each building has a sample of a traditional food from their country ( I highly recommend Germany, Poland, Israel and Norway). They will even do events where one country will take over the square for a week or so and they'll have performers and food, and all kinds of fun stuff for the family. This weekend the House of Norway put on the event, and there were booths selling flags, T-shirts, cookies, and all kinds of good things! I picked up these chocolate-covered caramels and they were gone within a day or two, because we all loved them. We spent a long time wandering there, because it's just so much fun to see what kind of events they're doing down there. And then our last stop was walking through the palm canyon trail through the park before heading out to dinner.
For dinner we went to El Indio right off the 5 on India street. They have some of the best Mexican food, and if you are planning a trip to San Diego it's a must. I normally just get tacos or a burrito, but I went for the chicken fajitas this time and they did not disappoint, and no trip to El Indio would be complete without their seasoned chips, or cinnamon sugar chips (which are to die for).
Our final stop on our Mother's Day extravaganza was a trip down to Sea Port Village, which was really where I felt most at home. My family has been going to Sea Port Village since before most of us were born. Every one of the shops down there is perfect, the weather is always so nice and cool, and if you go near the evening before they close the crowds aren't bad and so you can just wander and enjoy the scenery. Also there's a gazebo which is always a sign you should go there often (or that I watch too much Gilmore Girls). My two favorite purchases of this weekend were the color changing nail polish I bought at Del Sol that gives me life, and the pin my sister Bri found that says "We Mermaid For Each Other" and that all of us girls now own. Which is basically the best saying ever in my mind, because not only is it about being a mermaid, but it's also a pun. And if you know anything about me you know I love a bad pun.
Let me know how you spent your Mother's Day down below!
~Delaney
