I celebrated my 29th birthday on Friday (February 1) and in celebration of my day Eric and I snuck off to Baltimore for the weekend. We got up early on Saturday and made the drive up. Traffic was very light which made for a nice drive. We checked into the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bwish-renaissance-baltimore-harborplace-hotel/ and when we got to our room we were greeted with this amazing view.
After unpacking and admiring the view we headed to the National Aquarium. http://www.aqua.org/
We first went and checked out the Australia exhibit and then made our way towards the sharks, into the rainforest and finally to the dolphin show. This is what I was looking forward to the most.
Sadly my battery died right after this photo. I was so upset about this. I tried to enjoy the show but was mad at myself because I didn't charge the battery fully. Oh well I guess.
After the aquarium we wandered around Inner Harbor and then went and had lunch at J Paul's.
(http://www.j-pauls.com/) This place was very good. What was neat was they serve you FRESH soft pretzels while you wait for you meal. I ordered a rueben and it was the BEST rueben I have ever had. After lunch we headed back to the hotel to rest and relax. We had plans to go to Morton's (http://www.mortons.com/) that night for dinner but decided that we just wanted to enjoy each other's company in our room and have a quiet dinner. We went across the street to one of the pavillion's and picked up sushi and burgers and fries from Five Guys (http://www.fiveguys.com/). What a combination. But hey...it's what we wanted. :)
We enjoyed dinner while overlooking the city.
Sticking with the quiet theme we ordered room service for breakfast (plus we just couldn't leave that view).
After we checked out we headed for Ellicot City, MD and the Ellicot City B&O Railroad Museum (http://www.ecborail.org/).
We enjoyed walking back in time and learning about the history of the station and the B&O Railroad. We got a bonus of a CSX coal train heading EB. :)
It was an amazing weekend, with the most amazing man I know (aside from my dad ;) ). I always dread my birthday but Eric always seems to go above and beyond to make it a special day.
Full album of our trip can be found here:
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| Baltimore 2008 |
You can fall in love at first sight with a place as with a person. - Alec Waugh
3 comments:
Happy Birthday Joelle!! Sounds like you had a great weekend. Beats my weekend any day! (Drew has been sick. Yuck) Your pictures are great too. I really like the one of the train coming out of the tunnel on your last post too. Good work!
Thank you Katie! We had a fabulous weekend (and much needed). Awww...sorry to hear that Drew has been sick. I hope that he gets to feeling better.
Thank you for the kind words on my pictures...as always. :D
Hey, sis! We loved looking at the pictures from Baltimore and reading your entry. What amazing views from your room! I'd have planned a nice quiet dinner too. We are glad to hear that you had an awesome Birthday and we'll definitely have to plan to meet you guys there sometime so we can go to the aquarium too. Lots of love to you both!
-Alan & Jodi
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