Vienna, 2010

Even though this is about a month late, I hit Vienna on my last half of the trip to Zurich. Although it rained pretty much the whole time I was there, I did see some pretty cool things. I now understand why everyone that goes to Vienna falls in love with it.

Beethovan, Mozart, classical and modern artists. I went to the summer palace and hit some of the great musuems. Klepmt was all over the place and so were the nazi security guards with my purse. Kinda freaked me out leaving it with some lady behind a counter with a ticket stub. But in the end it worked out just fine!

The food wasn't exemplary per se, but the company was much appreciated. My dad's friend lived in Vienna and was nice enough to join me with his wife for lunch and a tour of the city and their home. It was a holiday in Vienna so parades were everywhere and pettit fors were in bulk! They are, by the way, amazing fresh. Some champagne to celebrate the day along with a visit to the summer palace finished off the last day. I was lucky and bought my wine glasses the day before the holiday...as the whole city pretty much shut down. Fun times.

Vienna- I will come back when it's sunny and gorgeous and see you for your real beauty.

Zurich 2010

Amazing Chocolate, Beautiful lake, Clock tower and Germans. I went to Zurich this past week (mainly for work) and had an amazing time! I walked the Bahndestrat (major shopping district), saw a local antique market- with way overpriced cow bells and lots of weiner schnitzel.

Zurich is a quite town with lots of fun history. I stayed by the opera house and close to the shopping areas, so it wasn't too hard to stay entertained! My hotel had a lovely balcony (fresh breeze was always welcomed) and the bath tub was perfect. Just the right size for a normal person! I must have one of those some day in my house.

It only rained a few days while I was there, off and on, but the sun came out and the lake was surrounded by lunchoners and duckies. I had some amazing truffles.. I can see why people pay extra for premium chocolate! I did see the swiss alps from town, briefly one day, and on my flight out of town. They are definately amazing.

I'd like to go to Geneva next time- I hear you come out of the airport you can go to either France or Switzerland. 2 stamps for the price of one!!!

Santa Barbara, 2010

I had a trip for work planned to SB this past week and I decided since David was off it would be great if we went together and he could visit his friend Heather. We had such a fun time. We stayed at the Hotel Mar-Monte, right next to the beach. The sound of the open air and ocean when the door was open on our patio just made you wish you had your own ocean to listen to!

We hung out and went to a great little place for breakfast one morning (awesome pancakes and waffles) and then went to the farmers market that evening and bought some amazing strawberries. We ate great mexican food, hung out with dear friends and met the cat that talked. We went for a run on the beach, went to Trader Joe's and ate pastacios.

The coffee was amazing, the local farmers fare fantastic and the friendship, priceless. I can't wait to go back to SB.

Moab 2010

We decided for our anniversary this year to head out to Moab, UT. We really had to go see the arches!

It's a really small town, with not a lot to do. But we were okay with that as the hiking was amazing and the arches really great. We had a ton of fun, and will probably be back this year. The 3 hour drive wasn't that bad!

Race day photos

To illustrate how cold it was on race day check out the photo with the garbage bags. Ha! You can see we had a great time taking photos with raf-i-ki and donkeys all along the way.

Honestly, Disney made the marathon fun with all the great things to see and do along the way. This time 26.2 miles didn't seem so bad!

Disney Marathon 2010

Yep, it's true. We braved the Disney Marathon 2010 this past weekend! Who would have thought that Florida would get colder than Colorado and snow while we're there? We definately didn't. Race day started at 2:45am and included buses, garbage bags (to block the 20 mph wind)and fireworks. It was a warm 27 degrees up until about the last hour of the race. We started at 5:50am and were definately on the lookout for additional clothing to layer on our already 3 layered pants and sweatshirts. Hats, gloves and scarves were a necessity. There were 25,000 runners and 22 aide stations. The water was freezing cold and actually created ice patches all along the race path.

We started our 26.2 mile journey at Epcot, then wound our way to the Magic Kingdom where Peter Pan's gang, Donald, Goofy, Minnie and a few other characters met us. Yes, you stop and take your picture with the characters along the way. How fun is that?! After the Magic Kingdom we wound around to the Animal Kindgom and Disney Studios. Our run ended at Epcot where you take a final lap around the countries walkway. It was the coolest race (literally) we've ever done. But it was a great run and worth the time. Even though we almost froze (and probably left with severe head colds), Disney is the way to go.