We're Here!!

We're here, we're here! Page and Pam picked us up yesterday morning and dropped us at the airport in Charlotte. We checked our bags ($25 each!!) and went through a really long security line, but it wasn't too bad. We had just enough time to eat an early lunch and get on our plane to Dallas. Luckily, it left on time and we even got to Dallas early. Our flight from Dallas to San Diego was delayed about an hour so we had to wait a while at the airport, but we finally made it to San Deigo at about 6:00 their time.

Graham and I were both a little worried about our bags not making it here with us, but luckily enough, when we were waiting to get off the plane in San Diego we saw our bags come out from under the plane and be thrown onto one of those carts! I was super excited!

The first thing we noticed was how cool it is here! What a nice change from the 100 degree heat and humidity! I'm sure we looked a little funny in my sun dress and Graham's t-shirt and shorts. The car rental shuttle picked us up from the airport and took us to get our car. I bet we hadn't said ten words to the driver and he said, "So what part of the south are you guys from?" Haha. Apparently he asked me a question and I said, "Do what?" which probably sounded like "duuuu whuuut?" Immediately my attempt at not talking southern was not working. Oh well. We got our car pretty quickly. It is something similar to a Subaru Outback, but the Dodge version.

We were both really happy about our hotel. It's very clean and the rooms are nice - very tiny, but nice. It is also in a really great location! We are within walking distance to most everything. I was really happy about that - you never know what something is going to be like just by looking online. Anyway, we ended up going to this restaurant called Lucha Libre that Graham had seen featured on the tv show, Man vs. Food. It was exactly what you would call a "hole in the wall." I think it was actually right next door to a Seven Eleven. Haha. The place was packed though, and the food was good. Page told Graham to enjoy eating there because it was the only plan he knew of for our whole trip. : )

After dinner we drove down by the bay and through the city just to see where we were and where we might want to go today. We drove down by the bay, through the Gaslamp area, which has lots of shopping, restaurants and bars, and around the city. When we got back to the hotel, we tried to make a plan for what all we could get done today. There is tons to do!

This 3 hour difference has messed up my sleeping a little. I think we went to bed too early last night, and now I have been awake since 4:45 San Diego time. We will have to stay up late tonight to help get our clocks right. After sitting in the lobby a while this morning (and it's still only 6:30!), I've noticed that everyone outside has on big coats! It feels strange for people to be wearing a ski coat in July and when it's only in the 50's. I guess it doesn't really ever get cold, cold here.

Sorry, no pictures yet, but lots to come today!