Day 8 | August 20th

Today was all about resting and finding our way to San Diego. After a very, very long day yesterday we had a sleep in this morning then spent the rest of the morning having breakfast, picking up our rental car and packing our bags before checking out of the Anabella.

Then we were on our way, with the GPS set for the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay in San Diego. Scott was a little nervous at first driving on the right side of the road but it was a short drive to the freeway and then we were our way straight down the I-5 for most of the one and a half hour drive.

We got there in good time and then settled into the hotel before taking a walk along the marina and then relaxing by the pool. The pool is the best feature of this hotel with three individual pools and two water slides.

Ashleigh had a long swim and play with a new friend and then Scott got in and had a play with her as well.

For dinner tonight we all wanted sushi so we headed to Pacific Beach in the car were all the restaurants are and found a little, local sushi restaurant. The food was great, very filling and cheap. Ashleigh amazed me by trying my miso and loving it. She also ate my tempura vegetables before finishing off with her salmon sushi....another very good meal for her.

On the way to dinner we were given directions by the hotel reception which was a direct route but when we plugged the address into the GPS her first direction wasn't very clear so we headed the wrong way and when she corrected we came back around in a circle but then she had us on another course which was way longer but we eventually made it there. It was very funny, but Scott wasn't so pleased to be sent on a wild goose chase when he wasn't that comfortable driving on the right anyway.

We were back at the hotel tonight by 8.30pm so we could all rest up and get an early night. Ashleigh actually woke up with a runny nose this morning, probably from the lack of sleep and changes in temperature from the heat outside to the air conditioned hotel, shops and restaurants. She is taking the cold and cough mixture we brought over which works really quickly and she is feeling better already.