Available on Amazon: "Equal And Opposite Reactions" http://amzn.to/2xvcgRa "Hail Mary" https://www.amzn.com/1684334888 "Tropical Depression" https://www.amzn.com/B0BTPN7NYY Old Town San Diego…Continued from yesterday: On Tuesday, January 9. we drove half an hour from Fallbrook to the city of Oceanside, where we boarded the COASTER commuter train to San Diego, ...and alighted at the Old Town San Diego stop. Old Town is the site of the first European settlement in California, which dates back to the mid-1700's. Today Old Town San Diego is a historic site, ...and popular destination of visitors, judging from the number of us here the on this Tuesday morning in January. We started out with a once around the town, ...including visits to some of the shops and outdoor vendors. We visited some of the historical sites, including the town's first hotel, ...the headquarters of a Mormon battalion, ...with colorful tilework on floors and the steps, ..and the beautiful landmark Catholic Immaculate Conception Church. We stopped for lunch at an enchanting restaurant we came upon called Casa De Reyes, ...where the friendly waitresses dressed Frida Khalo-style, ...and the food was terrific. We started off with a yummy guacamole to share made with tomatoes and topped with cotija cheese. Tom and I split an enormous plate of delicious super-tender beef fajitas (see that little triangle to left stuck in the sour cream that kind of looks like a watermelon? That's a radish), ...while Romaine had chicken in mole sauce, which she likewise proclaimed delicious, and which was also garnished with watermelon radishes. After lunch we visited some of the artisanal shops lining the perimeter of the restaurant. I proposed that we stop for a churro, a Mexican fried pastry covered with sugar and cinnamon and sometimes filled with custard or jelly, or possibly ice cream. And so we stopped at a promising-looking churro place, ...where I snagged myself a jelly-filled and a custard-filled. They were delish. After our churros we visited a few more of the town's oldest structures, ...among them the homestead of a family of early settlers. We could easily have spent much more time, even another day, seeing the many sights of Old Town San Diego. But by late afternoon we needed to get back to the train station to catch our train home. And so we did.
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