Gallery: November 30th, 2008
Went To California Academy of Sciences
Andrea and I finally went to check out the newly reopened California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco at Golden Gate Park next to the de Young Museum and the Japanese Tea Garden. Unfortunately, general admission tickets had been sold out since 10:45 AM and the only way to get in today was to purchase [...]
There are 9 photos in this Gallery.
Gallery: November 6th, 2008
Andrea’s Birthday
For Andrea’s birthday this year, we took a simple day trip to Sonoma for some wine tasting. Our first stop was to Ferrari-Carano Vineyards & Winery in Healdsburg, CA. Ferrari-Carano is owned by Don and Rhonda Carano, owners of the Eldorado Casino and Silver Legacy in Reno, Nevada. Their sons now concentrate on managing and [...]
There are 55 photos in this Gallery.
Gallery: November 3rd, 2008
One Year Anniversary Cruise Vacation Day 3
The Carnival Paradise arrived nice and early to Ensenada, Mexico at 6 AM. People were allowed to disembark the ship at 7 AM, but Ensenada stores don’t technically open until 10 AM. Fortunately we took advantage of that and slept in a bit to get some rest as we had a full day in Mexico. [...]
There are 59 photos in this Gallery.
Gallery: November 2nd, 2008
One Year Anniversary Cruise Vacation Day 2
The room we stayed in on Deck 4 (Riviera Deck), R159 has no window, but they create the illusion of windows with some clever decor. If you’ve never slept in a room without windows, you’ll find your body has a more difficult time of telling time. We awoke around 9:30 AM and it was still [...]
There are 22 photos in this Gallery.
Gallery: November 1st, 2008
One Year Anniversary Cruise Vacation Day 1
We left for Oakland International Airport (OAK) at a bit after 7:00 AM and arriving before 8:00 AM to get checked in and get situated for our flight at 9:10 AM to Long Beach Airport. We flew JetBlue (Airbus A320), everything went quite smoothly and we landed at Long Beach Airport (LGB) an hour later. [...]
There are 19 photos in this Gallery.
