Sadly, the way that the trip was structured was that I saw all these cities in only five days. That made for a crazy lot of travel, rushing between hotels and aiports. I did get to go to La Jolla while we were in San Diego and saw some seals. Here's one of them:
The other great thing is getting to know the people you travel with since we're all doing the same crazy schedule together. Sometimes I'd end up on the same plane or taxi with someone, but the main way we'd get to know each other is through our meals together after doing a college fair.
One guy I got to know especially well was the counselor from St. Johns (Santa Fe), Garret. Garret and I had been on a fair tour in the Mid-west last year. I didn't expect to see him out west but was pleasantly surprised to find him searching for our fair location the first morning (something that I had just done 5 minutes earlier!)
Garret and I connected pretty well. It sounds too junior high to call him my "favorite counselor" on the tour, but I did enjoy hanging out with him. He's a great guy, fun to chill with, and is anal like me about getting to the airport with time to spare!
Our last night of the tour we went out to a northern Italian restaurant. I have to admit, I felt pretty embarrassed the whole night because I didn't drink wine (not allowed to on college dime) and didn't recognize hardly anything on the menu. I ended up ordering bruschetta (got corrected on my pronunciation though) and a Caesar's Salad because I knew what they were. I would have preferred to just order pizza (as my wife can attest to), but that didn't feel cultured enough. Here we are all:
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Next time you feel the pressure to be "cultured" at a restaurant, just think of your brother in-law..Justin never hesitates to order a Dr. Pepper and pizza and/or cheeseburger wherever we go. Even if it is a gourmet, five star location!
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