We got back from California and Hawaii last weekend. My family, Ben and I love America so decided to go on another road-trip {remember this one?} in California. Ben and I stayed in La Jolla on a work trip last February {see this post} and loved the area so much - I declared I wanted to live there - that we decided to return for longer this time, staying in a beach house with everyone. Some photos {a lot}, and our favourite places below if you'd like to see.. 

The fifth and final part of our California trip, ending with a very special stay at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego. - this is a gifted press stay with Turquoise Holidays. 

I'm reposting the #sygmdoescali series that I wrote for So You're Getting Married on here over the next couple of days if you fancy a read of what we got up to in beautiful San Diego a couple of weeks ago. This is part one - 

Why had I never considered going to San Diego before now?? The traditional Californian road trip/fly drive has always been to start in San Francisco {as we did back in 2012 that I blogged about here and here}, possibly incorporate Las Vegas and then finish in Los Angeles. But if you go just a tiny bit further down the coast, around a two hour drive from LA and just before you get to the Mexican border, you'll reach San Diego. And wow, how worthwhile those extra two hours would be. We actually flew direct from Heathrow to and from San Diego, BA run a flight daily there. We had eight days, four of those were hosted by the San Diego Tourist Board to showcase La Jolla as a wedding destination but we figured it was a long way to fly for just four days {well that was our excuse anyway, really we just wanted as much time possible in the gorgeous Californian sunshine} so we booked four nights independently to explore a bit more.

The first part of the trip was really lovely but this, Part Two, is my ultimate favourite and the part that's really getting me excited for going back in a couple of weeks. We'll be in San Diego and La Jolla this time, an area I haven't been to before but keen to explore. Ok, so Huntington Beach and LA...

Hola/Ciao/Hey/Aloha.  I meant to post this before we left for California last weekend but time ran away from me so I thought I'd check in quickly now.