I woke up excited on the 27th.....today we were going to Carlsbad. I had spent a while working out timings so we would have time to walk to the station, have breakfast and still catch the Coaster. Our first stop was the Corner Bakery Cafe - our usual breakfast of good coffee, croissants and banana muffins....YUM!! The we took the trolley to Old Town, here we had to buy tickets for the Coaster, a huge double decker train. Never seen anything like it, and we were both excited about the train ride itself. It took an hour to get to Carlsbad, we passed through several stations and through some amazing coastal scenery. WOW!! When we got to Carlsbad we stopped at Don's cafe for coffee and pancakes, it was fabulous to sit out in the sunshine eating pancakes! They were so good. We had a wonder around the town and looked in a few shops. We didn't buy much, just a few little things to remind us of our day. We found an Irish shop just selling items from the Emerald Island, apparently there is quite a large Irish community in Carlsbad. And of course with St Patrick's day just around the corner, there was a lot of green everywhere! As we ambled about town we found an Irish bar called O'Sullivans - of course we had to call in to try the Guiness. We sat at the bar eating onion rings and enjoying a drink. The bar man was friendly and spent quite a while chatting with us.
Then it was off to the beach, the clouds were rolling in and I feared it might rain, but luckily it didn't and the bad weather seemed to blow over. We loved the beach
and spent ages just walking, picking up shells and enjoying the beauty. Carlsbad is a beautiful place. It was hard walking on the sand, your feet just slid all over the place. I could have stayed there forever! California has a beautiful coast line, it seems to roll on and on with no end in sight. Personally I love the ocean, how can you not! When we got back to town, we had a while to wait till the next train so we headed back to the bar for another drink. We arrived back in Old Town at about 6pm. We were tired by then and decided to head back to Mission Valley and have dinner at the Tilted Kilt. Its a fun place to hang out, and I have to admit the food was good. The BBQ chicken bites are delicious! For those of you who haven't been into a Kilt, don't be put off by the girls ''costumes'' - the girls are totally sweet, and the atmosphere is fun. After dinner we dragged ourselves back to the hotel....one footstep at a time! Walking back over the freeway at night is a challenge cause its so dark. Its perfectly safe, you just have to be careful you don't trip over everything.
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