Yes, we're back! And yes, I'm waaaay behind on my travel posts….the ending of our two weeks in Paris, our Taiwan trip, our Prescott – Albuquerque – Santa Fe – Taos, The Big Island and Oahu in February, and even a recent road trip to Buellton/Los Alamos! And here I go again on another trip! I know most folks come here looking for San Diego – SoCal food posts, so I save my travel stuff for weekends. Hopefully, I'll catch up soon now that we're back in town.
We were actually in Italy for Halloween, which was kinda interesting.
And even had one of the best meals of our trip! Yes, it was Chinese cuisine…in Italy!
We really enjoyed our time here and can't wait to go back!
Speaking of "going back". Of course we had to spend at least a couple of days in our favorite city.
Mainly to shop…..
And of course visit our old favorites…..
And do our favorite activities here. One of which is just "people, and pooch watch".
The more we visit; the harder it is for us to squeeze meals at our favorites in a couple of days. Though this time we found a new favorite, which was in plain sight. It seemed to be and is a kinda touristy restaurant, but we found the traditional dishes there to be quite good! Heck, we'd pass this place sometimes 4 or five times a day during our stays and never even though of eating there!
That mistake has been rectified!
One thing that we'd never done in this city is a tour. One this trip, we booked a private tour of our favorite neighborhood, from one of my favorite podcasts. And man was it fun and informative.
There was so much hidden in plain sight….stuff we had walked by so many times and never noticed! The tour was well worth the time and cost!
And of course, you'll always see something new when you visit….like this rainbow!
And then we ended up where we started. We had just one full day; but I got to see an item on my "bucket list".
And to do a bit more exploring.
Things ended on a high note as our last two meals were quite good. A Sichuan restaurant whose menu was developed in consultation with on of my favorite authors.
And a wonderful meal at the favorite restaurant in this city, of a late chef, author, and travel personality.
I know I need to catch up with all my travel posts. I'm hoping to do so soon!
Thanks for stopping by!