Hi everyone! Well, our trip is now over and we apologize for the lack of blog posts, but we had a few problems with losing our information that we had typed up and also with finding wifi. Anyway, if you are interested in hearing about our trip I will try to recall as much information as I can to put in this blog. Since I'm not writing this with Hannah, I'm sure that she has more to add than what I can think of, but I will tell you about what I experienced.
Saturday: So we woke up between 8:30 and 9:00am (which I think is pretty impressive for a Saturday morning) and then went to the local cafe called Toast for breakfast. We both had breakfast sandwiches and hashbrowns and we got to sit at the counter which has always been a dream of Hannah's. Of course, it was delicious! We then decided to walk around some of the shops downtown. In one of the shops Hannah bought a Vera Bradley coin purse (I helped by convincing her that it was an investment!) We also went to the coffee shop downtown because, of course, I have to have my coffee. Being right across from Davidson College and after buying t-shirts from the bookstore off campus we decided to venture over to campus and check out the college. We were in awe with the Student Union Building which we named the SUB lol. After taking a brief tour of the campus and seeing the fine male selection (including the tennis team) we were convinced that we were both going to transfer to Davidson, but then we learned that they didn't have either one of our majors so I guess we will being staying at Huntington! We took quite a few pictures on the campus though because it was such a beautiful day outside. After heading back to the house we realized we had some time and decided to use that time to go shopping. We originally went so that Hannah could buy a belt, but I ended up coming out with a scarf which I somehow managed to convince myself was an investment. Later in the afternoon we went downtown to see the awesome Cirque Du Soleil show. It was absolutely incredible and something I highly recommend seeing! A few of the acts we saw included unicyclers riding about 7ft up in the air and tossing bowls off their foot and catching them on their head, a man holding up his body weight plus the weight of another person with just his neck, and a man supporting another man on a pole with his forehead. I could go on all day about this awesome show but nothing I say will bring justice to actually being there so I'll leave it at that. After the show we headed back to the house to see Yvette and then Tim took us out to dinner at the Flat Iron Grill. We got to sit at the bar while we were waiting on a table which we thought was pretty cool. Dinner was great... I had rosemary chicken and Hannah had a New York Strip steak! For dessert we had a special donut...so good!! When we got back to the house we decided to act upon our dinner conversation and so we all took a personality tests. Hannah and Tim learned that their personalities are like 1% of the population, and Yvette and I discovered that our personalities match 6% of the population. Saturday was definitely a very eventful, fun day!
Sunday: We had originally planned to leave on Sunday and head on to visit Hannah's family, but we decided to stay in extra day in the city. We slept in until about 10 and then Tim made us omelets for breakfast! They were awesome!! We got around and spent most of our morning outside because it was really nice...73 degrees!! In the afternoon we decided to take off and go shopping at a different mall. We had success there. Hannah bought two dresses and a really cute pair of shoes! I got a pair of capris! We had a lot of fun going into stores we had never heard of before and checking them out! We came back to the house a little before dinner and decided to watch a episode of Grey's Anatomy outside. Yvette got a kick out of watching us watch it because of our crazy facial expressions. For dinner that night Tim fixed us chicken on the grill. It was incredible!! We also had sweet potato fries...one of my favorites! After dinner we sat around talking for awhile and then I got up quickly to run into the house to get something and literally face-planted right into the screen at the back door. I have no idea how I forgot the screen was there, but it was hilarious and I couldn't stop laughing. After dinner we sat down to watch a little TV and then had dessert....vanilla ice cream with fresh fruit on top...so good!!! We watched a few more Grey's Anatomy episodes but I was really tired and fell asleep through them. We had a wonderful time with Yvette and Tim!!!
Monday: We got up so we could be on the road by 9am. We ate breakfast before leaving and headed out just after 9. After crossing into Virginia we stopped at Bojangles for lunch because neither one of us had ever ate there before and we wanted to try it out! It was ok but we would probably never eat there again. However, we did learn that they were hiring so we are considering applying and moving to the South. After our brief stop for lunch, Hannah took over driving and we drove until we reached Jewel's house. We had a little trouble finding it but it all worked out and we made it there. After getting there we sat out on the dock and talked for awhile and then started to watch Dear John. Later we visited with her family and then had dinner with them. After dinner we played a 1981 version of Trivial Pursuit...it was quite interesting! I think I knew about two questions lol. It was a lot of fun and my team won so that was good. Then we decided to watch Bachelor and we were both really excited when Brad picked Emily! Once again I fell asleep on the couch!
Tuesday: On Tuesday morning we slept in a bit and then ate waffles and bacon that Jewel had fixed for us. It was an amazing breakfast! Right after breakfast we headed for Williamsburg hearing that there was a lot of history there but because it was kind of chilly outside we decided that the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum might be a better choice. We drove to the museum, but seeing only two cars in the parking lot we weren't convinced to go. Instead, we decided to go shopping and found a nice Goodwill and Marshalls to spend the afternoon in. We both got a few things from Goodwill and I was in paradise when I found the cutest pair of Coach shoes at Marshalls on sale. Hannah tried her best to get me to think about if I really wanted to buy them but once I saw them it was pretty much all history from there. It was a really good shopping day for both of us!! After shopping we met Hannah's great aunt and uncle for dinner. They took us downtown to an elegant French Bistro restaurant. I ordered crab cakes and Hannah had a pork tenderloin. For dessert we had Creme Brulee, Hannah's favorite dessert! I have to admit it was pretty good, but I still really like brownies!! After having dinner with Hannah's wonderful family we headed out of town to begin our drive home. Little did we know that we would be driving in rain and what direction the GPS would be taking us. Hannah was driving and I began to see signs saying that we were 60 miles from Washington D.C., then 40 miles and so on until the next thing we know we are driving on the highway with 6 lanes of traffic, through the pouring rain in D.C. I was pretty nervous but was trying to remain calm so that Hannah wouldn't freak out too! We took a wrong exit and decided to switch drivers at this point. I got behind the wheel and I was freaking out a bit as we followed the GPS to get back on track. I never realized how confusing roundabouts can be but Hannah was pretty good at helping me with directions and God-willing we made it out of D.C. After making it out of D.C. we felt like we deserved a reward. We saw an exit where there was a Dunkin' Donuts and decided to go there...except they closed at 10 and it was now 10:40. Luckily, there was a McDonalds right next to it so we got Shamrock shakes! We continued on and ended up going through Maryland and then decided to stop about 12:30 in Pennsylvania. We got our first hotel room ever on our own and relaxed for the night!
Wednesday: It was the last day of our trip and we wanted to get home at a decent time. We ate breakfast at our hotel and got on the road about 10am. Our original plan was to avoid Pittsburgh by taking a different route, but not wanting to go a different route than the GPS had us programmed to we decided to just go for it. After all, we had conquered D.C. the night before. Driving through Pittsburgh turned out to be a piece of cake and our drive back to Indiana seemed to go surprisingly fast...atleast for me it seemed that way! When we got back we discovered Hannah had a flat tire on her car, but after a few phone calls Triple A came out to get her tire changed and all was well. We said goodbye and finished our drives home!! We had a fantastic trip!! Thanks for reading our blog...hope you enjoyed hearing about our trip! :)
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