Meandering in San Diego

I recently travelled to San Diego, for the International Studies Association Annual Convention and as much as I enjoyed the conference, the best part was checking out a new part of the world and meeting the people the live there. San Diego is a beautiful port city. Its diversity is evident in their architecture which mixes old and new, as it is in the political views of the people, given that we are talking about a hippy California city with a strong military presence. To give you an idea of my adventures in San Diego, I have decided to compile a list of favourites... and not so favourites!

Favourite pub to strike a conversation with random professors: Fields Pub in the Gaslamp district (formerly the Red Light District, where all the sailors stopped to get acquainted with the ladies of the night!).

Favourite tourist attraction: a statue of that famous photograph taken in Times Square.

Least favourite time at an airport: After a number of tornadoes damaged the American Airlines fleet, a number of flights were cancelled, including the one I was supposed to take to San Salvador, following the conference. After much, much waiting, arguing, exhailing, and plotting against the airline, they were able to find me a flight to my final destination.

Favourite day in San Diego: I ended up having to wait 9 hours until my flight to San Salvador, so I decided to walk around and to explore the city. I was so tired by the end and slept through the entire overnight flight to San Salvador!

-jgm