Ryan and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary last weekend. Hard to believe it's been 12 years! Thankfully we were able to take a long weekend getaway to celebrate. This year we headed Asheville which is such a neat city. After dropping the girls off at school, we stopped at a bistro to enjoy a lovely French breakfast and pick up some delicious macaroons for the weekend. Then we headed up to Asheville which was about 3.5 hours away. We walked around the city for a little bit and stopped in at Tupelo Honey for lunch. So delicious!
After that we headed over to the Grove Park Inn. It was gorgeous!
We were a little frustrated that the Inn messed up our room reservation. However, they made it up to us by upgrading us without charge to a suite. We were quite surprised and pleased with that.
This was the view (though the balcony looks weird on the panoramic setting). It was a little overcast when I took this picture, but once the clouds moved away, we had a beautiful view of the mountains.
We spent almost all of Saturday in their fantastic spa. We both thoroughly enjoyed our hot stone massages. Then we were able to spend some time in their various grotto pools and hot tubs which was wonderful. It was a great way to spend the day.
On Sunday, we had a fantastic brunch at the Inn. It was a buffet with so many delicious items to choose from: fruits, salads, meats, cheeses, breads, omelets, biscuits, gravy, bacon, grits, potatoes, scrambled eggs and probably about a dozen different desserts. Fabulous!
In the afternoon, we enjoyed walking around the inn and sitting by this gigantic fireplace.
In the evening, we saw this beautiful sunset before having dinner at Edisons which is one of the restaurants on site. We topped the evening off with some of the best hot chocolate ever.
This was a wonderful weekend getaway to celebrate our 12th anniversary. We are so blessed and look forward to many more years together!
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