San Diego Recap (Monday)

Mark and I enjoyed a short 5-day trip to San Diego the week before Christmas to visit his siblings and their significant others, and to escape the frigid temps back in Minnesota.

Monday

Traveled to San Diego, had supper with Daniel, Iryna and Sofia at Applebee's, Checked into Manchester Grand Hyatt hotel, Mark had the 12-hour flu.

We flew out of Minneapolis on Monday around 3pm after a 30-minute delay for de-icing, because yes - it was snowing and nasty there!

With the delay, we barely made our connecting flight in Phoenix, but we did! Unfortunately, while the weather was much warmer in San Diego, this was what the radar looked like for the first 2 full days we were there - rain and lots of it!

Mark's brother picked us up from the airport, and we all went to Applebee's for supper with his brother Daniel, and Daniel's girlfriend and her daughter - Iryna and Sofia.

We were pretty tired afterward, so they dropped us off at our hotel and we checked in. It was SO NICE!! Here was our room:

The incredible, yet rainy, view:

The Lobby:

Unfortunately, around 9pm, Mark ended up with the stomach flu, which kept him up a lot during the night. However, without having a 6am wake up time as usual, he was able to sleep late into the morning until around 9:30am.