for an overnight journey to San Diego. Enjoy the ride along the Pacific Coast and an afternoon and evening in San Diego. Our Pullman car will be available for you to relax and to enjoy a restful stop during the day or a comfortable night’s sleep in your private Pullman berth at night.We depart Los Angeles Union Station at 11:10 am. You may board at any of the intermediate stations enroute to San Diego. The trip price will be the same. A light lunch will be available when we depart Los Angeles.
Enroute to San Diego, Dave Landes will conduct a wine tasting featuring select European wines available locally. He is San Diego based and a wine consultant. Some things you may enjoy while in San Diego would be shopping at Horton Plaza a few blocks away, a visit to the world-famous San Diego Zoo, go on the USS Midway tour, or have just a leisurely walk along the harbor. In the evening, you might want to dine in the Gaslamp district or in a seafood restaurant along the waterfront.
The next day at 9 am, we will have a chartered bus to take us to the wineries in and around Temecula area. Lunch is included. This is a time to enjoy the mostly family owned wineries. Whether you purchase wine is up to you. When we return to Los Angeles this evening, a dessert will be served. Our return trip will depart San Diego at 6:15 pm.
The car we will be traveling in will be the "Salisbury Beach" a 1954 Pullman Car built for the Boston and Maine Railroad. It has private rooms and a lounge section with very comfortable seating arrangements. When in sleeper service, this area has upper and lower berths, much like in the movies.
