Wife and I got away for our anniversary this weekend. Sorry, no pics, I hate being the photographer when I am trying to relax.
Grandparents took the kiddoes, we Arrived Friday around noon-
Lunch at Fredricksburg Brewing Co. - Food was pretty good. Wife had Fish Tacos and I had a Grilled Chicken Wrap. We both were happy, though the portions were a little small.
Wandered Main Street Shops for the rest of the Afternoon. My wife doesn't understand why I am not that interested in shopping Fburg. Out of dozens of retail shops, there are basically 3 stores: Expensive Home Furnishings, Women's Clothing Botiques, and Cheap/Kitschy Home Furnishings. Its literally the same shtt over and over, but I digress.
Dinner at the Auslander - the Frozen Sangria was a big hit. The Chicken and Weiner Schnitzel were good. Low point was the German Chocolate cake that the waiter said was excellent. It was dry and tasted like they bought it at HEB.
We checked into the Back Forty B&B based on a recommendation from Texags. For $200/nt, disappointment abounded with this place, but I will start with the high points. Its very close to town, like 5 minutes from Main Street. At the same time, they have enough land to make you feel like you are out in the country and very secluded. They have private cottages, which are nice bc you arent sharing walls and bathrooms with others.
Now the downsides: the bed was 2 twin beds pushed together with a worn out, lumpy foam mattress topper on top with worn out bed sheets. It was horribly uncomfortable, and we didn't get much sleep because of it the first night. The second night, we pulled the topper off the bed and that was better, but we had to be careful not to wander into the middle of the bed to the two mattresses wouldnt push apart.
The "breakfast" was a strudel pastry from HEB that they left in our fridge, a loaf of HEB bread and a jar of cheap jelly. They also left some cheap OJ and a pint of milk in the fridge. All of this was for 2 days. The coffee maker looked like it had never been cleaned, so we skipped that.
We tried to use the hot tub the first night, but it wasn't on and when we asked, the owner said it was too close to sunset to turn it on and to try tomorrow. It was closed after dark. The next day we tried again, but the owner couldn't figure out how to turn it on, she had it going but the heater wouldn't work. Foiled Again. Last but not least, there was almost no water pressure in the shower the whole time we were there.
Overall, we were very dissapointed with the B&B. It had great bones, but is falling into disrepair. The lady did say that she was tired of running it and was going to sell it. So, if anyone wants to run a B&B, there's your chance.
Saturday we chose to skip the HEB breakfast and go into town. We ate at the Old German Bakery on Main, which was excellent. It was busy, but they put out some damned good food. Portions were smaller than I expected. The French Toast was literally one slice of toast.
After breakfast we headed to Enchanted Rock for some hiking. The weather was perfect, and somehow we got there 5 minutes before a huge line built up to get in. Hung out on the summit for a while and then wandered back down.
By the time we got back to town it was 1:30 so we skipped lunch and got cleaned up in the shower with no water pressure. We wanted to hit the wineries, but only had time to enjoy 1.
We chose the Pedernales Winery, based on recommendations from TexAgs and some friend. It did not dissapoint. We were surprised to enjoy every wine on the tasting menu. Then we found a few chairs on the grass and enjoyed a couple of glass witha cheese plate. They had a crappy bad playing on the deck, but once they shut down the setting was very nice. A bonus was the girl who decided to make a scene with her BF and stomped off down the road like she was walking home (its miles from anywhere). Her BF followed her down the road and they proceeded to have a fight there on the driveway complete with slamming a gate on the fence and her throwing things at him and yelling. The scene was made better by all of the people sitting on the lawn drinking, watching, and commenting on the whole thing.
Afterwards we made our way into town to find dinner. We didn't have reservations at any of the fancy places but instead wandered into an Italian Place called Pasta Bella. The restaurant was full and felt like a hole in the wall italian place. The food was subpar. We both ordered based on the the recommendation of the waitress on the house specialties. Niether of us finished our meals, and that was after skipping lunch. We both ordered glasses of wine, which she forgot to bring until after our food had arrived. LSS - Avoid this place.
The next morning, we went back to the Old German Bakery and ordered different items, both were great again.
We spent the rest of the morning walking around Wildseed Farms before heading back home. It was a great time to be at Wildseed as so many of the wildflowers were in bloom and butterflys were everywhere which made for some neat photo ops.
Grandparents took the kiddoes, we Arrived Friday around noon-
Lunch at Fredricksburg Brewing Co. - Food was pretty good. Wife had Fish Tacos and I had a Grilled Chicken Wrap. We both were happy, though the portions were a little small.
Wandered Main Street Shops for the rest of the Afternoon. My wife doesn't understand why I am not that interested in shopping Fburg. Out of dozens of retail shops, there are basically 3 stores: Expensive Home Furnishings, Women's Clothing Botiques, and Cheap/Kitschy Home Furnishings. Its literally the same shtt over and over, but I digress.
Dinner at the Auslander - the Frozen Sangria was a big hit. The Chicken and Weiner Schnitzel were good. Low point was the German Chocolate cake that the waiter said was excellent. It was dry and tasted like they bought it at HEB.
We checked into the Back Forty B&B based on a recommendation from Texags. For $200/nt, disappointment abounded with this place, but I will start with the high points. Its very close to town, like 5 minutes from Main Street. At the same time, they have enough land to make you feel like you are out in the country and very secluded. They have private cottages, which are nice bc you arent sharing walls and bathrooms with others.
Now the downsides: the bed was 2 twin beds pushed together with a worn out, lumpy foam mattress topper on top with worn out bed sheets. It was horribly uncomfortable, and we didn't get much sleep because of it the first night. The second night, we pulled the topper off the bed and that was better, but we had to be careful not to wander into the middle of the bed to the two mattresses wouldnt push apart.
The "breakfast" was a strudel pastry from HEB that they left in our fridge, a loaf of HEB bread and a jar of cheap jelly. They also left some cheap OJ and a pint of milk in the fridge. All of this was for 2 days. The coffee maker looked like it had never been cleaned, so we skipped that.
We tried to use the hot tub the first night, but it wasn't on and when we asked, the owner said it was too close to sunset to turn it on and to try tomorrow. It was closed after dark. The next day we tried again, but the owner couldn't figure out how to turn it on, she had it going but the heater wouldn't work. Foiled Again. Last but not least, there was almost no water pressure in the shower the whole time we were there.
Overall, we were very dissapointed with the B&B. It had great bones, but is falling into disrepair. The lady did say that she was tired of running it and was going to sell it. So, if anyone wants to run a B&B, there's your chance.
Saturday we chose to skip the HEB breakfast and go into town. We ate at the Old German Bakery on Main, which was excellent. It was busy, but they put out some damned good food. Portions were smaller than I expected. The French Toast was literally one slice of toast.
After breakfast we headed to Enchanted Rock for some hiking. The weather was perfect, and somehow we got there 5 minutes before a huge line built up to get in. Hung out on the summit for a while and then wandered back down.
By the time we got back to town it was 1:30 so we skipped lunch and got cleaned up in the shower with no water pressure. We wanted to hit the wineries, but only had time to enjoy 1.
We chose the Pedernales Winery, based on recommendations from TexAgs and some friend. It did not dissapoint. We were surprised to enjoy every wine on the tasting menu. Then we found a few chairs on the grass and enjoyed a couple of glass witha cheese plate. They had a crappy bad playing on the deck, but once they shut down the setting was very nice. A bonus was the girl who decided to make a scene with her BF and stomped off down the road like she was walking home (its miles from anywhere). Her BF followed her down the road and they proceeded to have a fight there on the driveway complete with slamming a gate on the fence and her throwing things at him and yelling. The scene was made better by all of the people sitting on the lawn drinking, watching, and commenting on the whole thing.
Afterwards we made our way into town to find dinner. We didn't have reservations at any of the fancy places but instead wandered into an Italian Place called Pasta Bella. The restaurant was full and felt like a hole in the wall italian place. The food was subpar. We both ordered based on the the recommendation of the waitress on the house specialties. Niether of us finished our meals, and that was after skipping lunch. We both ordered glasses of wine, which she forgot to bring until after our food had arrived. LSS - Avoid this place.
The next morning, we went back to the Old German Bakery and ordered different items, both were great again.
We spent the rest of the morning walking around Wildseed Farms before heading back home. It was a great time to be at Wildseed as so many of the wildflowers were in bloom and butterflys were everywhere which made for some neat photo ops.