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Alone: Depth of Field #52frames #dof #rose #sunset #selectivefocus #backlit (at Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4tNVHpBpG1/?igshid=17f8ndksq8lo5

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Museums & Parks of San Diego

Over the week we’ve spent in San Diego acclimating to Southern California (laughable actually, as the rain seems to have followed us from Seattle), we did get a chance to sight see a bit:

Cabrillo National Monument

Maritime Museum of San Diego

Balboa Park

Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden

Botanical Building and Lily Pond

San Diego Air & Space Museum

The Maritime Museum was hands down our favorite. Situated just south of the airport along the waterfront, they currently curate 11 different ships including: a replica of the 1400's sailing ship that "discovered" San Diego harbor, the Royal Navy frigate featured in Master & Commander, an enormous steel-hulled sailing ship from the 1800's, and a Soviet diesel-electric submarine! We had originally intended to visit the USS Midway Museum just down the waterfront later that afternoon, but after 5 hours at the Maritime we were ready for lunch and a nap (yes, there really is that much to see and learn!)

Balboa Park was also an excellent experience. Situated just north of downtown and the city college, it was jam packed with families and things to do. We only saw a fraction of the park in the six hours we spent there. The Rose Garden was a visual and olfactory delight, the Botanical Garden featured many tropical plants that we were unfamiliar with, and the Air & Space Museum let us get very close to some awesome artifacts from NASA's Mercury and Apollo missions (and I guess there were some planes too).

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Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden, San Diego, California

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"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" - Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare 🌷 . A beautiful sunset time with a cup of tea at a rose garden 😊 . What is your favorite outdoors place to have tea? . Follow @the_tea_and_coffee_club foe the intro to the world of tea and coffee 🍵☕ . Disclaimer: the roses laying next to the cup happened to grow in that direction and were not touched or moved 😊 Just got very lucky to find a very nice spot to have my evening tea and take a photo 😊 . . . #rose #roses #tea #teacup #eveningtea #tealovers #tealover #teaaddict #delicious #igdaily #teablog #yellowroses #teatime #timefortea #teaeveryday #lovetea #tealife #tealifestyle #healthylifestyle #teacommunity #чай #розы #роза (at Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB4h8dxAsUJ/?igshid=1vz1ypq9v3yei

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Being happy never goes out of style ☀️😎☀️ . . #fannypackswag #fitness #momlife #rosegardens #beautiful #baboapark #nature #summerday #saturday #sandiego #simpleisbest (at Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz3R1xfH_tI/?igshid=1b6ugln6aj0ax

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Happy Birthday to Sister Rita Booke!! #happybirthday🎈 #sistersofperpetualindulgence #ritabooke @sisterritab (at Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPyTf3pJxSQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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🌹 (at Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden)

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"Lucky for them, they have me." -F. Underwood #CuzOneIsntEnough #Roses #BalboaPark #DayTwo (at Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden)

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Rose Garden. (à Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden)

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Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden by Brian Sims Via Flickr: Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden

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3 Public Parks in the Americas Everyone Should Visit

Have you had enough of the bumpy days of a tourist? Are you ready to blow off some steam at some of the most exquisite and tranquil public recreational areas of the world? Well, then this is your lucky day because we are going to explore some of the most relaxing parks in the world. Stay tuned as we kick the list off!

1. Ibirapuera Park: Brazil is generally regarded as a green country due to its abundance of rainforests and of unparalleled landscapes. Its São Paulo-based Ibirapuera Park directly reflects this image and stands out as one of the most exquisite recreational areas in the world. Stretching upon an area of 221 hectares, it was built in 1954 by renowned architect Oscar Niemeyer and agronomist Otávio Agusto de Teixeira Mendes. Together with Chapultepec Park of Mexico City and Simón Bolívar Park of Bogota, it enters the race of the largest public parks of Latin America. Notable landmarks within its bounds that we recommend that you thoroughly explore include: the Obelisk of São Paulo (homage Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932), the Monument to the Bandeiras (a massive sculpture by the Italian-Brazilian sculptor, Victor Brecheret), the Ibirapuera Gymnasium (an exquisite indoor sporting arena), the Ibirapuera Auditorium (a music hall designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho), the Professor Aristóteles Orsini Planetarium (a definite must-see if you are in love with the cosmos), the Marquise (a massive linking building between several of the others), the Manoel da Nóbrega Pavilion, the Cicillo Matarazzo Pavilion, the Armando de Arruda Pereira Pavilion, the Palácio da Agricultura, and, finally, the Japanese Pavilion. Oh, and while you are there, you might as well visit the lake (with its moody little kissing-bridge), the Museu Afro Brasil, and the renowned São Paulo Museum of Modern Art.

2. Stanley Park: From Brazil, we hop all the way to Canada and its scintillating Vancouver-based Stanley Park. Located between the English Bay and Vancouver Harbour, the park is almost completely encircled by water (the Causeway that links it with the mainland, thus, becomes a must-admire). Occupying an area of 405 hectares, it has been designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1988. From walking to cycling, you can do anything there but its most notable landmark is quite possibly the seawall (a road that runs so close to the sea that it offers views hardly matched by anything else in the world). Oh, and let us not forget about the 16.6-hectare lake called the Lost Lagoon at the entrance to the park (you can find it west of Georgia Street). And do check out the Vancouver Aquarium while you’re there for it is simply fabulous.

3. Balboa Park: After Canada, it is only fitting that we should explore something a little bit warmer. Thus, San Diego’s Balboa Park enters our visor and its 490 hectares of pure fun shall not disappoint us. Built in 1868 to adhere to the Spanish Colonial Revival, Mission Revival and Pueblo Revival architectural styles, it offers countless sources of entertainment for all age groups. Named after the Spanish maritime explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the recreational area offers walking paths, green spaces for picnics, natural vegetation zones and many other things that complement its allure. Here is a complete list of the museums that you can visit while there:

– The San Diego Natural History Museum – The Centro Cultural de la Raza – The San Diego History Center – The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center – The San Diego Museum of Man – The George W. Marston House – The Timken Museum of Art – The Veterans Museum and Memorial Center – The Mingei International Museum – The San Diego Art Institute – The San Diego Hall of Champions – The San Diego Museum of Art – The San Diego Air & Space Museum – The Museum of Photographic Arts – The San Diego Automotive Museum – The San Diego Model Railroad Museum (a great choice for children)

Additionally, you can check out the cultivated areas of the park that are called the Balboa Park Gardens. These are broken down into the following:

– The Zoro Garden (the most famous landmark of the park – a definite must-see) – The Marston House Garden – The 1935 (Old) Cactus Garden – The Australian Garden – The Botanical Building – The Casa del Rey Moro Garden – The Trees for Health Garden – The Desert Garden – The California Native Plant Garden – The Florida Canyon Native Plant Preserve – The Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden – The Japanese Friendship Garden – The George Washington Carver Children’s Ethnobotany Garden (one of the best educational establishments for children) – The Lily Pond – The Palm Canyon – The Veterans Memorial Garden – The Alcazar Garden

Did you enjoy our list? How many of the aforementioned parks have you visited and how many of them have you scoured completely? Hit the comment section below and tell us all about it! Oh, and be sure to check back from time to time for we have interesting updates all the time (wink)!

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