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AUGUST, 2010: SAN DIEGO, VOL. 2 -- Balboa Park

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Olga came to our Bed & Breakfast bright and early AM on our first morning there and cooked us a wonderful breakfast.
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Olga came to our Bed & Breakfast bright and early AM on our first morning there and cooked us a wonderful breakfast.

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  • Olga came to our Bed & Breakfast bright and early AM on our first morning there and cooked us a wonderful breakfast.
  • This B&B has a secluded outdoor common area which is perfect for relaxing breakfasts.
  • Then we headed for Balboa Park.
  • Looking at some of the plants on our way to the Balboa Park Botanical Garden.
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  • And we aren't even IN the Botanical Garden yet!
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  • The Botanical Garden is immediately behind Olga as she takes this shot. Wonderful reflecting pool leads up to it.
  • You have to experience the "motion" around this place to really get some idea what it's like. On this video, notice the artists (painters). There were actually several of them there, most of which are outside the field of view of this video.
  • NOW we are inside the Botanical Garden!
  • Orchids galore!
  • I believe that this is a type of bromeliad (the same family of plants to which pineapples belong). This particular plant forms a cup, in which are these colorful flowers and a water home for some interesting worms.
  • Here you see the flowers and worms a bit more closely.
  • You will see the worms even better in this short video. Keep in mind that the entire cup is probably about the diameter of a silver dollar.<br /> <br /> Music by Kevin MacLeod of incompetech.com
  • Similar bromeliad. These flowers reminded me of hungry baby birds.
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  • There are more than 2,100 permanent plants to drool over.
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