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Balboa Park: Balboa Park has lots of great...
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  • By brdwtchr on August 25, 2002
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  • Balboa Park - San Diego
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    Balboa Park has lots of great musuems. I won't include pictures of each and every one of them here. If you are interested in visiting the museums get the museum passport. That is best advice I can give you. The Historical Society was interesting. I enjoyed reading the diaries of Ah Quin there. Centro Cultural De La Raza is in a round building with murals painted on it near Park Boulevard and the World Beat Center. It was closed the day I was at Balboa Park. Rueben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center has hands on exhibits for children to learn about science and a dome movie theater. I saw a movie there about pandas. Museum of Photographic Arts has a lot of different kinds of photographs in it and they do not allow photographs to be taken inside. San Diego Natural History Museum sounds very nice but when I was there most of the museum was closed for renovation. In the Sports Hall of Fame be sure to try the tests of athletic ability just for fun.

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    Balboa Park: Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater...
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    Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater in Balboa Park. Shows are Wednesdays to Sundays at 11:00am, 1:00pm, and 2:30pm. Admission is $2 for children and $3 for adults. I like puppet shows. I was sad to find out they did not do shows on Tuesdays when I was there. If you are interested in puppets and don't want to go there like I did only to find out it is closed here is the theater hotline number (619) 685-5045

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    Balboa Park: San Diego Automotive Museum is...
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  • By brdwtchr on August 25, 2002
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    San Diego Automotive Museum is a great place for car lovers. It is full of beautifully cared for classic cars. In this picture are some cars from the 50's parked as if in front of an old diner from that era. It is another of the museums in Balboa Park near the PanAmerican Plaza.

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    Balboa Park: The Veterans Memorial...
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    The Veterans Memorial Center is across Park Boulevard from Balboa Park near the large free parking area there. I parked there and waited near a sign that said free park shuttle. A small bus pulled up and I got on. Some women wearing nurse uniforms and ID badges got on behind me. The bus headed toward the park then turned off and went through a gate guarded by marines and stopped under a large building. I had gotten on the wrong bus! I was at the US Naval Hospital in San Diego. The marines let me go and were nice enough about it. IMPORTANT TIP: The park shuttle looks like a trolley car. Don't get on the white minibus.

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    Balboa Park: The World Beat Center had a...
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    The World Beat Center had a nice looking building near Balboa Park so I stopped and went in. They had music classes for small children when I was there. A pleasant young lady there gave me a list of their classes that they hold. The web site is 'worldbeatcenter.org' if you are going to be in San Diego and interested in Brazilian Martial Dance Form, Steel Drums, Samba, or other interesting classes like these.

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    Balboa Park: Sweden in San Diego
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  • By matcrazy1 on June 3, 2003
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    HOUSE OF SWEDEN
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    Do you like Sweden? Visit House of Sweden - cottage in the House of pacific Relations at Balboa Park. Hmm... it's opened ONLY on Sunday from noon to 4:00 p.m. Are there any people from Sweden living in San Diego? I am sure there are. Is there any nationality not living in San Diego?

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    Balboa Park: Memory table
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  • By matcrazy1 on June 3, 2003
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  • CALIFORNIA PACIFIC EXPOSITION memory table - San Diego
    CALIFORNIA PACIFIC EXPOSITION
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    You can find this table (as on my picture) to the memory of the workers whose untiring and loyal efforts made possible the CALIFORNIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION 1936 at Balboa Park in front of Spreckels Organ Pavilion. Two big World's Fair took place in San Diego in 20th century: 1. PANAMA-CALIFORNIA Exposition in 1915 to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal. San Diego would be the first American port of call north of the Panama Canal on the Pacific coast. 2. CALIFORNIA PACIFIC EXPOSITION in 1935 - 1936, the fair was a tremendous success and served to advertise San Diego's charms to another generation.

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    Balboa Park: Beautiful fountain
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  • By matcrazy1 on June 1, 2003
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  • FOUNTAIN - San Diego
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    This Spanish style fountain on my picture looks really beautiful. Am I wrong? Could you bath there in a hot day? I doubt - go to the beach better, btw are there any really hot days in San Diego? Where is it? Haha, in the heart of Balboa Park, in front of San Diego Museum of Art at Plaza de Panama.

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    Balboa Park: Do not climb!
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  • Updated By matcrazy1 on May 29, 2003
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  • BIG FENCED TREE - San Diego
    BIG FENCED TREE
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    This big tree must be old/important - it's fenced, no wonder, wouldn't you like to climb it? Strictly forbidden, a fine: a fortune, I suppose :-). As I know there are VT-ers whose kids were climbing this tree before :-))). The tree (Ficus macrophylla, an Australian native) was probably planted in 1914 during preparations for the park's original exposition, according to the San Diego Natural History Museum Web site. The last time the tree was measured (in 1997), the canopy covered 117 feet and the tree reached 64 feet tall. The Moreton Bay Fig is now estimated to be 87 years old.

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    Balboa Park: The biggest San Diego's tree?
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  • MORETON BAY FIG TREE - San Diego
    MORETON BAY FIG TREE
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    Walking from Spanish Village Art Center towards Natural History Museum in Balboa Park you must pass by really huge tree (on the left side) - look at my picture. Isn't it the largest tree in San Diego county? I think so. As I know there are no sequioas in this area (too warm for them hehe). It's Moreton Bay Fig Tree. This tree, planted before 1915, is over 60 feet tall with a spread of 120 feet. Its grassy surroundings provide a secluded area for a picnic near the busy center of the park.

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