Vacation

Let’s Go: Montreal

At some point since we moved North, we started talking about how neither of us had been to Canada before and we thought we should remedy that, being that it’s just a short trip away! We ended up choosing to go to Montreal, because of its European feel and the great history there. We thought we were being so clever, deciding to go to Canada in July, which is the hottest month in NYC, but it turns out, Montreal is just as hot and swampy as it is here. OH WELL. 🙂

We had been traveling quite a bit in the Spring, so we didn’t want to stay too long, so we decided to go over 4th of July weekend, so David would have an extra day off and we could just do a long weekend. Leaving Saturday morning, we had most of the day Saturday left to explore and we came home on Tuesday morning, giving us about two and a half days there. It ended up being a similar amount of time as we had spent in London last fall, which meant it was a teeny bit hurried, but we still had time to hit all the highlights that we cared about seeing, while still having some down time to relax. David is always so good about researching the best things to do and see and eat and drink wherever we go, so I let him do most of the planning this time, too.

We got to the airport in time to stop into the Sky Club for a drink, which, since it was around 9am, it was a mimosa this time. 🙂 There had been a bunch of flights delayed and canceled the night before because of a storm that had blown through the city, so the club was packed and there were people sleeping all over the place.

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Let’s Go: Green Turtle Cay, Abacos, Bahamas

When David’s sister, Liz, and her boyfriend, Jason, got engaged last year, we were so, so happy for them! They had been dating for just about 4 years, and we had been lucky enough to spend a bit of time with them on our previous trips to North Carolina and during our wedding. Jason is HILARIOUS and is just an all-around great guy and we were so excited for them to get married. Liz decided that she wanted to get married in The Abacos, which is one of the Sierk’s favorite vacation spots and a beautiful backdrop for a wedding. David’s parents were all for this idea, so his dad got to work on booking a house for us all to stay in and arranging flights for everyone to get there. It was all he could talk about for the whole year – I’d say he was super excited to go back! 🙂

It was just a family affair, with us, Liz & Jason and his two boys (Garrett and Owen), David’s brother, Matt and his girlfriend (turned fiance!), Jennifer, and David’s parents, Dave and Shari. Dave found a house that was perfect for all 10 of us to stay in together, and we were all set!

David and I flew from JFK to Ft. Lauderdale, where we all met up and stayed one night, before flying from there to Treasure Cay, which is one of the larger islands in The Abacos. Dave ended up chartering two planes to get us all there (each plane had a max of 9 passengers, so we couldn’t all go together…bummer!), so we got to leave from the private airport. Made me feel like a celebrity! 🙂 (We actually flew out of the same airport when we went in 2010.)

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Free vodka tonic in the Sky Club before our flight from JFK. We actually got to the airport early on purpose, just to take advantage of this. 🙂

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