The next stop of the day was at the Mercato in the Little Italy community of San Diego. We enjoyed lunch here as well as the open air market where beautiful flowers and vegetable were sold straight from the fields!
After a great Italian lunch in Little Italy, we made our way to the Embarcadero. This is somewhat of a bayside park that includes the Maritime Museum as well as the Midway which is part of an area designated as The Greatest Generation Walkway. Once you begin walking alongside the Midway, the first thing you see is this great statue of a sailor's return home from WWII.
Keep walking, and you come upon a memorial to Bob Hope. Here we found him entertaining the troops! Notice the Midway in the background.
While touring the Maritime Museum along the Embarcadaro, we got some up close looks at the Star of India, a merchant ship built in 1863 as well as ...
The H.M.S. Surprise, which was used in the Russell Crowe movie titled "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."
As you can see, Greg really enjoyed touring the ships as well as two submarines!
Through out the day, the bay was filled with boats and the shoreline was packed with people waiting for the evening's fireworks show.
One of the day's highlights was riding across the bay aboard the Pilot which was the pilot boat for the San Diego Bay for 82 years and looking back at the city! (Frommer's)
"A Real Celebration"
We watched the fireworks from the deck of the Star of India!
Here we are at the end of our great week in San Diego. For our last night there, we enjoyed dinner on the bay as we awaited the fireworks!
*"Saturday in the Park" by Chicago, 1975
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Great pictures. I know you guys enjoyed your trip!
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