Mission San Juan Bautista

On one of our days while we were staying in San Jose with Dan’s parents, we took a drive down to San Juan Bautista and Monterey. I’ve been to Monterey before, but it was nice to visit again as well as to visit the Spanish mission at San Juan Bautista for the first time. There’s so much history behind the mission that it was really fascinating to tour the grounds, and it was extra interesting to me because it was where they filmed some of the most memorable scenes in my favorite Hitchcock films Vertigo!

Mio with her grandparents!
Mio with her grandparents!

 

Holding hands with Grandma
Walking hand in hand with Grandma

 

Mio wriggling with her grandparents
Another nice picture with Dan’s parents.

 

Mio and Grandma looking at each other.
Mio and Grandma looking at each other. So cute!

 

Child's bedroom with toys at Mission San Juan Bautista
A child’s bedroom with toys at the mission. The amount of detail on the toy kitchen and dollhouse is amazing! Complete with creepy dolls…

 

Mio by the statue at San Juan Bautista
A statue of Fray Junipero Serra

 

Mission San Juan Bautista, est. 1797
Mission San Juan Bautista, established in 1797.

 

Walking along the Mission San Juan Bautista

 

The vibrant interior of the Mission San Juan Bautista
The vibrant interior of the church at Mission San Juan Bautista

 

After spending about an hour at the mission, we continued down south until we arrived at Monterey, where we walked down Cannery Row and checked out the ocean from there.

Rocks in the ocean by Cannery Row
The beach by Cannery Row.

 

Gazing into Daddy's eyes
Gazing into Daddy’s eyes

 

The beach at Cannery Row

 

With the grandparents!
Another great photo with Dan and his parents.

 

Mio is distracted by the dogs.
Mio distracted by the dogs as we walk down Cannery Row.

 

After exploring Cannery Row, we moved onto walk around Lovers Point Park!

Lovers Point Park

 

Mio coming face to face with a squirrel. :)
Mio coming face to face with a squirrel. 🙂

 

All smiles at Lovers Point Park
Mio is all smiles!

 

Statue of boy at Lovers Point Park
Statue of a boy at Lovers Point Park

 

Going out onto the rocks at Lovers Point Park
Going out onto the rocks at Lovers Point Park.

 

I touched a starfish for the first time, too!
I touched a live starfish for the first time!

 

Mio touching the starfish.
Mio seeing a starfish for the first time. She was very curious!

 

It was a very laid back, memorable day trip where we got to see a lot of sights, both new and familiar! 🙂 California has so many beautiful sights to see, and it was so nice to have some time to go visit some of them during our visit!