I've been to The Mission in San Juan Capistrano plenty of times. It's the only mission I've really ever visited. But my hope is that my family will someday take a road trip and see all the missions in California, maybe when my oldest needs to go to one for a school project, we're kind of an all-or-nothing family. But that will be another story for another time.
Last March we went to the Return of the Swallows Celebration that happens every year. Since my childhood I've heard a mixture of the legends that surround the story of the swallows, so this was the year I finally decided to partake in the festivies.
It was a gorgeous day at the mission with blue skies and fluffy white clouds overhead. Part of the celebration (alright the entire day) was a celebration of Italian heritiage. The aroma of delightful food filled the courtyard, vendors selling all manners of italian product, and an Italian group singing bad renditions of "that's Amore" is what you will encounter if you arrive on Italian Day. A word to the wise though, when you go, for almost any event, you should probably take some cash with you. I forgot and had to skate by on the the couple dollars I had.
Oh yeah, and another word to the wise.... There are no swallows flying around at the return of the swallows celebration!
But even if swallows are scarce, it was still a beautiful day to go, as evidenced in our photos. And the mission is beautiful, a true American ruin. If you haven't seen it, make plans, between the beautiful mission and the quaint little town of San Juan Capistrano, you wont be disappointed.
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