Quick little stop...
We were sad to say bye to Hawaii, but looking forward to a couple of nights we had here. We went straight to our hostel, Colive Balboa Park, which was near the area our friends Kate & Amy (who we met up with in Melbourne) recommended to us (they lived here for a year, so we'd some insider info!) - recommended mainly as it was close to an unbelievable amount of breweries, of which San Diego is pretty famous for. That was pretty much all we'd be doing here, as we had an early night the first night, but then set off on a big day out for day two:
To balance things out a bit, we started off the day doing something Dani was looking forward to: we went to Urban Outfitters. We both needed some clothes as wearing the same stuff for 3/4 of a year day in day out ends up with them looking a bit raggedy. Despite it being a little (lot) longer than Stu would've liked, we managed to pick up some good stuff, and with the various discounts (and maybe - definitely - a mistake on a refund by the cashier) we ended up getting ~$250 worth of stuff for less than $100. Result.
With our newfound extra cash we decided to treat ourselves to something completely unexpected we stumbled upon - Ike's Place - an unreal sandwich place Stu was introduced to in San Francisco about 4-5 years ago (cheers Rob!). Mozzarella sticks in a sandwich? As good as it sounds. Maybe better.
So now, fed and watered, we were on to the main event of the evening. We'd a little bit of a walk to get to the North Park area - but once there we were in beer heaven:
Another San Fran staple surprised Stu, Toronado being a famous bar from there that sells Pliny The Elder - an 8% IPA known as one of the best in the world. Beer geek heaven.
The highlight of the day was most likely the next stop, Modern Times Flavordome, a great new (to us) brewery where Dani decided to stick to a can of their cold brew coffee, while Stu helped himself to a flight (or two).
We then carried on with our crawl, with too many breweries to count (we didn't stop at them all - that'd be far too dangerous) - but we did stop at Mike Hess, Rip Current, Belching Beaver, and Eppig, before it all started getting a bit much:
And left us with these big happy heads on us. The walk home wasn't too fun, and neither was the following morning. But we managed to pull it all together, get everything packed up, and get ready for our next adventure - we were getting the train from downtown San Diego to walk across the border into Tijuana, Mexico, which was thankfully pretty painless. A lovely little stopover, definitely filling the craft beer-shaped hole in Stu's heart for plenty of time to come. No more beer for a while please. Vamos a México.
Big love,
Dani & Stu.
for us in San Diego - after finishing up in Hawaii, it was the cheapest flight available, and also got us very close to the Mexico border, which was our main reasoning for stopping here.
We were sad to say bye to Hawaii, but looking forward to a couple of nights we had here. We went straight to our hostel, Colive Balboa Park, which was near the area our friends Kate & Amy (who we met up with in Melbourne) recommended to us (they lived here for a year, so we'd some insider info!) - recommended mainly as it was close to an unbelievable amount of breweries, of which San Diego is pretty famous for. That was pretty much all we'd be doing here, as we had an early night the first night, but then set off on a big day out for day two:
To balance things out a bit, we started off the day doing something Dani was looking forward to: we went to Urban Outfitters. We both needed some clothes as wearing the same stuff for 3/4 of a year day in day out ends up with them looking a bit raggedy. Despite it being a little (lot) longer than Stu would've liked, we managed to pick up some good stuff, and with the various discounts (and maybe - definitely - a mistake on a refund by the cashier) we ended up getting ~$250 worth of stuff for less than $100. Result.
With our newfound extra cash we decided to treat ourselves to something completely unexpected we stumbled upon - Ike's Place - an unreal sandwich place Stu was introduced to in San Francisco about 4-5 years ago (cheers Rob!). Mozzarella sticks in a sandwich? As good as it sounds. Maybe better.
So now, fed and watered, we were on to the main event of the evening. We'd a little bit of a walk to get to the North Park area - but once there we were in beer heaven:
Another San Fran staple surprised Stu, Toronado being a famous bar from there that sells Pliny The Elder - an 8% IPA known as one of the best in the world. Beer geek heaven.
The highlight of the day was most likely the next stop, Modern Times Flavordome, a great new (to us) brewery where Dani decided to stick to a can of their cold brew coffee, while Stu helped himself to a flight (or two).
If it's good enough for your home it's good enough for here.
We then carried on with our crawl, with too many breweries to count (we didn't stop at them all - that'd be far too dangerous) - but we did stop at Mike Hess, Rip Current, Belching Beaver, and Eppig, before it all started getting a bit much:
And left us with these big happy heads on us. The walk home wasn't too fun, and neither was the following morning. But we managed to pull it all together, get everything packed up, and get ready for our next adventure - we were getting the train from downtown San Diego to walk across the border into Tijuana, Mexico, which was thankfully pretty painless. A lovely little stopover, definitely filling the craft beer-shaped hole in Stu's heart for plenty of time to come. No more beer for a while please. Vamos a México.
Big love,
Dani & Stu.
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