Nothing extraordinary to mention for Sunday 19th April. I went to Mount Soledad in La Jolla. From there you get a 360 degrees panoramic view of San Diego: herefater you can see
- the San Diego skyline with Interstate 5 on the left of the picture,
- Mission Bay,
- La Jolla with the Mormom temple and the Interstate 5,
- Torrey Pines and the Pacific Ocean.
The weather was super clear so you had a good view of everything.
After that I went to Seaport Village. It was not a good idea: it was overcrowded because there was some kind of "Art festival". There were many street artists (acrobats, magicians, singers...) performing there for the week-end.
I ate lunch in Coronado and at the end of the afternoon, I went to the Zoo (I'm a Member of the Zoological society of San Diego so I have a pass valid for one year) and tried to spot the pandas Su Lin and Zhen Zhen. Both pandas are the offsprings of Bai Yun (the mother) and Gao Gao (the father). Su Lin was born in August 2005, so I have been able to see her growing up during one year when I was working in San Diego. It was a funny panda, who liked to play with her keepers. Very fun to watch and to photograph. Her little sister Zhen Zhen was born two years later. This time, it was mating season, so only the parents were on display... After the pandas, I walked through the Cat Canyon before exiting the zoo: there were some panthers and pumas. Nice kitties, as long as their remain in their cages!!!
Hereafter a picture of the B-39 Foxtrot submarine (maritime museum) with the sunset in the background, and a picture of the sunset on the San Diego Bay.
