A couple of weekends ago we enjoyed a nice little "stacation" in Old Town Alexandria. John was staying there for a work conference, so we decided to make the most of it and extend the stay a night longer. My hour long commute to work on Thursday morning was a nice reminder of how lucky I am to be able to walk to work in 9 minutes each day. It also convinced me to "work from home" (the hotel room) on Friday. After John finished up we took advantage of the free wine tasting in the lobby, and then hit the town for the evening. We decided to take the water taxi across the Potomac to check out National Harbor - an up and coming spot across the river in Maryland. The ferry took longer than expected, but it was a beautiful night and a very pretty ride.
Arriving at National Harbor
Creepy sculpture on the river bank - see the man and all of his limbs coming out of the sand?
There are a handful of restaurants to choose from, but we ended up at Ketchup. We tried all 7 varieties - delicious.
The ferries don't run very often, and one was pulling up as we were leaving the restaurant so we hurried to catch it.
We were hoping to grab some delicious ice cream from one of the local shops when we got back to Old Town, but the lines were ridiculous. We settled on Snickers ice cream bars and a bottle of wine from CVS. Perfect end to a great lil getaway. Thankyouverymuch.
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