by Daniel G. O'Leary

Created on: December 11, 2008   Last Updated: April 26, 2010

San Diego, California has got to be one of the most beautiful and exciting cities in the United States. If you can, if you are able, visit San Diego during the winter months, it will be an exceptionally wonderful experience! There are 5-star, 4-star, 3-star hotels, B & Bs (bed and breakfasts), home rentals (through Realtors), time shares, and if you're lucky enough to be a veteran, no shortage of veteran friendly accommodations of every shape and size (just check all the e-bulletin boards, military magazines, veteran's association web-sites and brochures, as well as the military bases community boards).

San Diego has a huge population of retired servicemen and women, an unbelievably huge active duty military population, and some of the coolest and best designed buildings and parks in the world. If you like fitness, if you like the outdoors, if you like having fun in the Sun and sharing it with others with similar interests, San Diego is the place!

San Diego Airport is right smack in the middle of everything; beautiful marinas nearby, The U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot and the U.S. Navy Recruit Depot are right there. As you land, you see thousands of recruits in varying stages of recruit training; running, jumping, marching. It's pretty motivating! Also, as the plane is landing (and if it's daylight), you'll see the skyline of the city and you can't help but notice almost every building in the entire city has an American Flag on it (big ones, little ones, they're everywhere). Man it makes you proud to be an American!

Like so many other places in Southern California, there are hills and valleys galore. As you leave the airport on ground transportation, your eyes will be drawn to the surrounding hills. Many of the houses, and buildings have those red tiled roofs and a distinct spanish-aire to them. Add to that, how well everything just seems to fit right where it is, it's "so cool"!

San Diego has to be "experienced", meaning you have to get out and get busy. You don't have to rush anywhere, but you "have to get out" because "out" is where "it's all happening". The Park system is "HUGE"! There are miles and miles of seemingly endless well paved and maintained bike paths / walkways. You'll see people of every size, shape, age, color, creed, biking, roller-blading, walking, running, sitting. You can go miles and miles and "never have to compete with motor vehicles". The walkways / paths go over, under, around, beside the roads so that there is less distraction

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