Lake Norman Vacation Wrap Up

Okay one last post to wrap up the fun and food from our Lake Norman vacation, and then I promise to move on. You just have to promise not to judge me because of the lack of flow in this post. This will be mostly about the fun since I already covered a lot of the food, and since it's Friday I'll top it off with a cocktail.

As I mentioned in the first Lake Norman post we spent a lot of time on the water, this included my husband getting up on water skis for the first time.

I managed to get up wakeboarding.

but didn't get this sweet sunset shot like my sister-in-law did.

or catch air like my brother did.

We're On Vacation!

We're on vacation with my family at Lake Norman in North Carolina and we're having a blast skiing/wakeboarding, playing on the water, and relaxing.

And we're of course grilling and cooking up the good food below.

Eating and Drinking Our Way Through Munich

It's been a busy week with very little cooking so I figured now is good time to give my Munich update. We began our trip in Amsterdam, which I posted about here, and from there took the overnight train to Munich.  We spent most of our three days in Munich eating meat and hopping around to different bierhauses and biergartens, but also took a day trip to Füssen to see the picturesque Neuschwanstein Castle.

Now onto the food and beer.  

Eating & Drinking Our Way Through Amsterdam

My husband and I recently took a trip to Amsterdam and Munich and on top of all of the wonderful museums, castles, and palaces we spoiled ourselves with delicious food and beer.  My cousin lives in Amsterdam so we were lucky enough to stay with him and he was able to show us where to find all of this delicious food and drink.

Eating Our Way Through Costa Rica

Private Dinner at Antigua restaurant in Marriott San Jose

Tico Breakfast

Key West Food Highlights

I just spent a long weekend in Key West for a Bachelorette party, resulting in a lack of home cooked meals.  It was a great trip; good food, good drinks, and good people.  We stayed at Crowne Plaza La Concha, not the nicest hotel on the island, but pretty nice, a fantastic location for nightlife, and reasonable for the group.  Now onto the food….

The first night we ate at Cafe Sole, cute restaurant off the beaten path with good food.  It was recommended by visitors, online, and locals and we found out why.  I had the chef award winning Hogfish Snapper, absolutely delicious.  I also tried a beet salad, which is my first time venturing into beets since a child, and I am now converted.  This will definitely spice up my regular lunchtime salad rotation.  We drank the DeLoach Pinot Noir (because I like to ignore that you should drink white wine with fish), it’s one of my favorites so I of course enjoyed that with my meal.