My Weekend in Lancaster

I'm currently sitting in the BWI Airport after a pretty incredible weekend with Daniel in Lancaster, PA. I got to make an impromptu visit after the company he works for gave me the chance to interview (fingers-crossed!!), and while I was here I fell even more in love with my potential future home. 

I always thought I would be more of a city girl, as evidence of my first post here, but after this weekend I think I have found the perfect place for me. Lancaster is a bit of everything and (even better) is near everything. The city of Lancaster itself is beautiful and has a ton of little boutiques, shops and pubs, along with a year round farmers market--it reminded me a lot of River Street in Savannah, GA. The surrounding area of Lancaster has every outlet store you have ever wanted--Loft, PotteryBarn, Ralph Lauren, Fossil, you name it, they have it.

Daniel and I woke up early on Saturday and went to the Farmer's Market to have breakfast. We wound up getting some Mean Cup coffee and some donuts from Shady Maple--they were both amazing!

Also in celebration of getting my interview, we ate at the Shady Maple Smorgasbord which is an Amish Buffet that seats 2,000 people and has a huge gift shop. You can actually see the Google Maps walkthrough of the whole complex here! 

The best part about it is there is parking for the Amish outside.

And on our way back to Daniel's apartment, we saw a lot of Amish riding horse and carriages. Here's an attempt at a drive by photo here:

It was a really great trip, and on top of having a chance at a great job I got to see Daniel and discover Lancaster with him.

Some rest and relaxation

I'm sorry for going MIA for so long, school just started hammering down on me with assignments and tests. Thank goodness for Spring Break this week!

While most people wound up going south for the break to beaches, I wound up north, in Pennsylvania to visit with Daniel. It actually snowed yesterday!

I can't escape the cold!

I haven't gotten to see a whole lot of the town yet--I'm thinking about going adventuring when he's at work one day--but from what I have seen Lancaster is a beautiful town. It's right on the cusp of Amish country and actually when driving in on Saturday, Daniel and I saw two horse and buggies driving up the side of the road.

We also drove through some cool tunnels.

Downtown and the surrounding areas are full of town houses and shops that step out basically on to the street. It's got a lot of the "northern city" flair that I loved when visiting Rhode Island last October. I'm hoping to get out and take some pictures to share a bit more of this beautiful place, but so far I've mostly been catching up on sleep while Daniel is away at work.

Over the weekend before Daniel started work we finally tried the wine Educated Guess together, which if you know me, you know it's been on my list of wines to try for a while.

Just look at how cool that bottle is. SCIENCE!

We also have been eating wonderful food together, as per usual when we see each other.

Sushi Buffet where I discovered you cannot eat too much sushi.

I'll be sure to post more this week because of my free time!