Weekend Getaway

 August 27-30

Thursday

Spent a really fun and memorable weekend with my mom and sister.  We checked into the hotel on Thursday afternoon and just hung around in our room for the night.  A dip in the pool, a few episodes of Criminal Minds (ofc) and we were spent.

Friday

Bright and early the next morning, we hit the gym and then made our way to the Beavermead Beach for lunch.  Connected to the beach was the GreenUp Ecology Park which we also toured.

Diner was spent at Wimpy's Diner and I got to try my first Philly cheesesteak sandwich.  But the real treat was going to Kawartha Dairy to try out their famous ice creams!  We shared generous scoop of Moose Tracks and Blueberry cheesecake.  Moose Tracks was a 3-for-3 win!

Back at the hotel, we watched more Criminal Minds.  But, I also discovered how much I love Forensic Files and How it Happened on HLN.

Beavermead Beach

GreenUp Ecology Park

Wimpy's Diner

Kawartha Dairy

Saturday

Before heading to the gym, we spent the morning at the Farmer's Market.  We got some samosas, pikoras (with an amazing mango chutney), and fresh cherry tomatoes.

Lunch was spent driving down the "Fast Lane" as we liked to call it.  This included a stop at Mucho Burrito and KFC.  We took our goodies and headed up to the Riverview Park, but couldn't escape the downpour that followed suite.

Dinner was back at the hotel - cooking up some spicy noodles and eating leftover KFC.

Farmer's Market

Sunday

The final day :(

My mom and I went for our weekly Sunday morning jog around the beach.

Then, we had to check out of the hotel.  But not before cooking up a mean microwave egg sandwich for breakfast.

After, we strolled around the Otonabee River, then had a late lunch at the Silver Bean Cafe.  They had some incredible baked goods and drinks - notably their cranberry muffin, mocha walnut chocolate chip cookie, and raspberry lemonade.

My dinner was more leftover KFC with a even tastier pho takeaway from Saigon Boys that was waiting in my fridge (which I had for lunch AND dinner the following day).

Otonabee River

Silver Bean Cafe

I hope we have another weekend getaway like this.

Day 9 March Break Trip: Athens to Mykonos

(Read about Day 8 here)

(Read about day 10 here)

Day 9 (March 16) we arrived in Mykonos after a long ferry ride that began it's journey early in the morning.  Mykonos really is a beautiful Greek island with its white buildings and stone pavements.  As pretty and serene as it is, it is very much a vacation/tourist island, which for some people is all they need.  But I would recommend going during tourist season (summer) as most of the stores were undergoing yearly renovations in anticipation.  So lots of cafes, restaurants, clothing shops, jewelry shops etc... were inaccessible and roaming the barren streets grew too familiar only after two days.  It seemed as though we had walked all the roads in the main area of the island.  

My favourite part?  The cats.  They were plentiful!

Since we found our soon to be favourite local market called AB Food Market (unbeatable prices and great selection) we bought groceries to make dinner. (I can't seem to remember what we did for lunch hmm... I also can't remember if it was this day, the next day, or both days that we went to the mini beach outside our hotel...)

We made sandwiches and a salad whilst playing music.  Our new favourite song became Ximeromata by Konstantinos Argiros.  I for one learned pretty much all the words and will gladly sing with you anytime of the day.

Then we watched Mama Mia and called it a night.

Thanks for reading,

Sophia aka The Sophia

(Read about Day 8 here)

(Read about day 10 here)