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Dieses Jahr haben wir nur drei bezahlte Feiertage auf der Arbeit und nur zwei von diesen fallen auf einen Freitag bzw. Montag, so dass wir ein verlaengertes Wochenende haben. Das haben wir am letzten Wochenende direkt mal ausgenutzt, denn so ein 3-Tages Wochenende fuehlt sich da fast schon wie Urlaub an, kein Wunder, denn mit fuenf ganzen Urlaubstagen im Jahr kommt man nicht weit (oh wie ich Deutschland und seine sechs Wochen bezahlten Urlaub vermisse!).
Freitag abend nach der Arbeit ging es los und die sechs Stunden Fahrt nach San Diego fuehlten sich an wie 12, da wir total muede waren.
Samstags ging es nach Sea World, wo wir den Tag bei strahlendem Sonnenschein und angenehmen 28 Grad Celcius geniessen konnten, in Phoenix herrschten immer noch an die 42 Grad. Leider haben wir die Sonne aber etwas unterschaetzt und nach nur ein paar Stunden waren wir beide richtig schoen verbrannt. Jaja, schonmal was von Sonnencreme gehoert? :)
Sea World war unglaublich und ich haette nicht gedacht, dass es mir so gut gefallen wuerde. Wir haben zwei Touren mitgemacht, die uns hinter die Kulissen vom Park fuehrten, wo wir Riesenschildkroeten fuettern konnten, Haie und Delphine streicheln und sogar das Glueck hatten Flamingos hautnah zu begegnen, die von einem Bereich des Parks zu einem anderen Kaefig gefuehrt wurden und in einer Parade auf uns zukamen, auch diese durften wir streicheln. Natuerlich haben wir uns auch viele der tollen Tier Shows angeschaut, aber meine liebste Erinnerung wird das Streicheln und Fuettern der Delphine bleiben...was fuer ein Erlebnis!

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Am naechsten Tag ging es zunaechst an den Hafen von San Diego, wo nicht sehr viel los war, also fuhren wir weiter nach Coronado, eine Inselstadt die ueber eine riesen Bruecke von Downtown San Diego zu erreichen ist. Wir hatten ein leckeres Mittagessen in der Innenstadt, danach spazierten wir zum Strand, wo wir die riesigen Anwesen bestaunten und ruhten uns ein wenig am Strand aus. Gib mir das Meer und ich bin wunschlos gluecklich! Der Geruch vom Salzwasser, das Rauschen der Wellen und der Ausblick in den Horizont mit nichts als Wasser und ein paar Segelbooten...was will man mehr? Ich liebe es!
Der letzte Stop unseres Trips fuehrte uns an den Hafen von Coronado, was der absolute Traum war. Man konnte nicht nur auf die Bucht schauen, sondern auch San Diego's Skyline nicht allzuweit entfernt bestaunen. Ueberall waren kleine Souvenierlaeden und eine Rock n Roll Band spielte laute Musik, wozu eine Menge Leute und Kinder ausgelassen tanzten...und das mitten am Tag! Ich haette mich dort stundenlang aufhalten koennen, die Aussicht auf die Stadt geniessen und die Lebensfreude, die dort herrschte, zu bewundern.
Es war ein wunderschoener Kurztrip, den wir jede einzelne Minute genossen haben und es hat so gut getan, dem Alltag zu entfliehen.

We only have three holidays at work this year and two of them fall on a Friday/ Monday, so we would have a long weekend. We immediately took advantage of this 3-day Labor Day weekend, since this almost feels like a vacation, you don't get very far with five vacation days a year either (oh how I miss Germany and its six weeks paid vacation time!).
We left Friday night after work and the six hours to San Diego felt like 12 because we were exhausted!
Saturday we went to Sea World, where we enjoyed the sunny skies and 82 degrees, we still had about 107 degrees in Phoenix! Unfortunately we underestimated the sun and after a few short hours we were both pretty sunburned. Yeah... ever heard of sunscreen?:)
Sea World was incredible and I didn't think that I would like it that much. We took two tours behind the scenes of the park, where we fed turtles, touched sharks and dolphins and even got lucky when we got the chance to see the flamingos, who were brought from one part of the park to another area and who walked in a parade straight to us, where we could touch them as well.
We also watched the many incredible animal Shows, but my favorite memory will always be the feeding and touching of the dolphins... what an experience!
The next day we went to San Diego's Harbor where not much was going on, so we decided to drive to Coronado, a little Isle that you can reach by driving over a giant bridge from Downtown San Diego. We had a great lunch in town and walked to the beach afterwards, where we admired the beautiful mansions and relaxed on the beach. Sit me on a beach and I'm in heaven! The smell of the water, the sounds of the waves and to look at the horizon and see nothing but water and a few boats... what else do you need? I love it!
Our last stop was at Coronado Harbor, which was a dream as well! You could not only see the harbor but also San Diego's Skyline on the other side. There were little Souvenirshops and a Rock n Roll Band played loud music where a lot of people and children danced to...in the middle of the day! I could've stayed there all day long, enjoying the view of the city and the livelyness of the people around, it was magical!
It was an awesome trip and we enjoyed every single minute of it and it felt so good to get away from the daily routine.

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  1. Ich bin mit meiner gastfamilie nach Coronado umgezogen und durft dort wunderbare 2 Monate verbringen!Oh wie ich es vermisse!!!!!

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