A Day in La Jolla

After Extreme Thursday, we were ready for some sightseeing closer to our Point Loma Hotel (Homewood Suites). So, off we went to explore La Jolla. According to our guide book - Frommer's,La Jolla is best described as the Riviera of Southern California. I guess we will need a trip to the French Riviera to verify this!?! Wouldn't that be fun! In the meantime, La Jolla really is a beautiful place. Our first stop here was to the shore to visit the harbor seals at the "Children's Pool."






This little excursion left us ready for a mid-morning treat so we hit Main Street and found a great place called The Living Room which offered up some great pastries and smoothies! Elise and Steve look very refreshed, don't you think?



La Jolla has some great looking shops and art galleries. Elise and I attemped a bit of shopping while Steve and Greg . . . . . anyway, no pics from the shopping experience. Our shopping did yield a great recommendation for lunch which pleased everyone! We had a great lunch at Trattoria Acqua which was right on the water!



Steve was very happy after that great lunch and we were ready to move on to our next stop - Torrey Pines.



Torrey Pines is, as all things in San Diego, beautiful! We did a driving tour here and caught a glimpse of the University of CA-San Diego as well as the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Our one stop in this area gave us an upclose look at hang gliding on the Torrey Pines coast.