We ate breakfast at 8am while watching hunters returning from wherever they were hunting. Apparently it's deer season - we wondered why there were so many pick up trucks in the parking lot!
Annapolis was only about 45 minutes away. We snagged a prime parking spot and walked into the first shop, a general store. 35 minutes later, we left said store - too many funny cards and a whole wall of fabulous flip flops!
We spent another hour+ checking out all the shops and then headed for lunch at Hell's Point Restaurant, a spot right on the water.
After a delicious lunch, we walked to the US Naval Academy. They were getting ready for the start of Homecoming -lots for us to see. We went to Memorial Hall, a beautiful building, and took some pictures. The time was almost up on our meter, so we had to leave beautiful Annapolis.
The drive to Alexandria was LONG because of an accident on the Beltway - we drove through the heart of DC and then past Reagan Airport on our way to the hotel. We finally arrived at about 4:45.
After settling in at the hotel and catching our collective breaths, we went to dinner at an Italian restaurant in Old Town Alexandria. The outside was so NOT Old Town - more like Restaurant Row in NYC - white lights and plants. The place was tiny - the wine was homemade. The others had been looking forward to some chianti, but this chianti was kind of...vinegar-like. :( The dinner was actually very good, and other than the two fruit flies in my pinot grigio, it was a fine meal. Wine was not their forte, I would have to say.
B and G had recently returned from a trip to Italy, so I checked Google map for a gelato place in Old Town. Of course, there was one a few blocks from the restaurant, so we had our dessert there - delish!!
Bed before 10PM for me...!
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