Looking
back at last year, apparently it was a fairly successful year of
traveling and exploring some new and old destinations. I also have
some really exciting travel plans lined up for this year which I'll
share at the end of this post. So here are the sites and scenes from
2015:
San Francisco & Sonoma
In March I traveled to San Francisco for the second time to attend a conference for work but I made sure to fly in a few days early to explore more of the city and wine country. I have some friends that live in San Fran so they picked me up and we drove out to Sonoma on the Sunday. It was a gorgeous day to visit the wineries and have a picnic outside plus every wine we tasted was amazing! (Here's another travel recap of my time in San Francisco over the past couple years.)
Trinidad & Tobago
In early 2015 I traveled to Trinidad and Tobago twice both times for weddings which I was a bridesmaid in (wedding recap here and here). It was a bit hectic to attend back to back destination weddings but I made it all work and got to spend time with family and catch up with friends while I was there.
Las Vegas
K and I visited Las Vegas for the 4th of July long weekend to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary coupled with a good friend's 30th birthday. Our days were packed with exploring the strip and lounging by the pool. Our nights were spent having some nice celebratory dinners, seeing Tiesto perform at Hakkasan, going to the "O" show by Cirque du Soleil and losing some money in the casino. What can I say? It's Vegas after all.
New Orleans
K and I traveled to New Orleans
for the Labor Day long weekend in September which also happens to be
K's birthday weekend. I'm usually a big planner when it comes to trips
but K doesn't always like to follow a strict schedule so I made no big
plans for this trip. We had some must-eat-at restaurants on our list as
well as a ghost pub crawl and that we did along with lots of exploring,
some shopping, and of course some drinking because Bourbon Street. (And
here's NOLA Part 2 trip recap.)
Lots of Disney Trips
2015
was definitely filled with lots of Disney action and we made good use
of our annual passes before they expired. Epcot was our favorite for the
Food & Wine Festival
but each park has it's own adventures to enjoy. If you have annual
passes Disney it's also the perfect place to go to celebrate birthdays,
anniversaries, bachelorettes, etc so we did lots of that! The Flower
& Garden Festival at Epcot (which is going on now) is also a
gorgeous time of year to visit. Here are some of my favorite Disney
memories from last year: one, two, three, four, five.
Barbados
In
October we were off again for another destination wedding that I was a
bridesmaid in but this time it was in the beautiful island of Barbados.
The trip wasn't as long as I was hoping for (because lack of PTO at
this point) but we did manage to squeeze some fun things in when I had
some free time from wedding responsibilities. K and I went on a
catamaran cruise around the island and then on our last day, some
friends drove us around for an island tour so we got to see the best of
both worlds.
Ft Lauderdale
Heading to Ft Lauderdale
for New Year's Eve was kind of a spur of the moment decision for us. We
didn't have any plans for NYE and were seeking some fun and adventure.
We decided it was the perfect time to visit some good friends that live
in the Ft Lauderdale area and when we were able to find an affordable
dog-friendly hotel near to the beach, we were sold! We ate lots of good
seafood and rang in 2016 beachside with good friends plus Lola got to
join us for this trip.
Here's a sneak peak of what 2016 is looking like so far:
St Augustine, FL
Denver, CO
Coral Gables, FL
Boston, MA (tentative)
Montego Bay, Jamaica
Toronto, Canada
Nashville, TN
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