My friend Shanell and I had a great day trip down to San Jose. Neither of us had ever been there before but we thought we'd check out the city. My brother & sister-in-law Roy & Paula had recommended the Winchester Mystery House to me so we thought we'd check it out. It was perfect weather and the tour was fun. San Jose has a fantastic light rail system throughout the city and from the airport we just took a free shuttle to the metro station and bought an all day pass for $5 which enabled us to use unlimited train & bus systems all day.
We found our way to the Winchester house no problem and lamented the fact that there was a HUGE shopping mall called Valley Faire at our stop with some cool looking shops - but not enough time to visit it that day! After the Winchester tour we walked around and looked at the cute boutique shops at Santana Row and had lunch at Pasta Pomodoro. Shanell and I split a bruschetta and I had the Chicken & Portabello Pasta - it was delish!
We had enough time to casually make our way back to the airport and had a smooth flight home - an excellent day to be remembered and the only souvenirs we bought back was a cute pewter photo keychain each that we exchanged and will put a pic of us together at the Winchester house to remember our great Girls' Day Out together!
My friend Shanell and I had a great day trip down to San Jose. Neither of us had ever been there before but we thought we'd check out the city. My brother & sister-in-law Roy & Paula had recommended the Winchester Mystery House to me so we thought we'd check it out. It was perfect weather and the tour was fun. San Jose has a fantastic light rail system throughout the city and from the airport we just took a free shuttle to the metro station and bought an all day pass for $5 which enabled us to use unlimited train & bus systems all day. 
We found our way to the Winchester house no problem and lamented the fact that there was a HUGE shopping mall called Valley Faire at our stop with some cool looking shops - but not enough time to visit it that day! After the Winchester tour we walked around and looked at the cute boutique shops at Santana Row and had lunch at Pasta Pomodoro. Shanell and I split a bruschetta and I had the Chicken & Portabello Pasta - it was delish! 
We had enough time to casually make our way back to the airport and had a smooth flight home - an excellent day to be remembered and the only souvenirs we bought back was a cute pewter photo keychain each that we exchanged and will put a pic of us together at the Winchester house to remember our great Girls' Day Out together!
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