San Diego…We encounter the locals
Just got to the hotel and it was an interesting trip. Final flying time was only about 45 minutes overtime, which was good.
Our itinerary calls for a 2 day stay in San Diego before heading North. Since I was told that most things are on the San Diego Trolley line, we figured that we didn’t need the car until we leave.
Sooooo, we had to get to the hotel from the airport. Use the Trolley, right? Wrong! Turns out that the Trolley line doesn’t cover nearly as much as we were told. Thus, we took a bus to the downtown Trolley line stop - hauling all our luggage. Not fun at all.
On the bus we encountered our first ‘locals’. The bus driver was very friendly and agreed to kick up off at the right place. A couple at the back where we sat, talked to us and then go off and directed us to the correct Trolley. They were very friendly and helpful. They ovie on a boat in the harbour.
On the Trolley we encountered a couple of more locals - a lady hotel worker and an older gentleman. They were, again, colourful and very friendly upon finding out who we were. They gave us various amounts of mostly useful and always interesting advice.
I eventually called the hotel on my cel and said “where do we get off”. We got off as directed and then hauled our stuff an distance to the Marriott.
Here we have the first several of many lessons and interesting paradoxes:
1. American cities appear to Canadians as full of violence and dangerous people. This is no doubt true, but all the Americans we meet are very welcoming and friendly. A strange paradox.
2. Travel rule -> Forget saving a few bucks by waiting to rent the car. Get it at the airport!
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