Living the Dream: Grysen Style: Weekend Getaway

This past weekend we decided to take a long weekend and go to Fredericksburg! It was kind of an early Valentine's gift/waaaay early anniversary gift (michael's work is about to get really busy and time off in april will be hard to get). We stayed at a little B&B that we actually went to 2 years ago during out first anniversary. We only spent one night there last time and told ourselves that we would come back and stay longer, so we did!

The B&B we stayed at was called The Italian Place.

It's super cute and owned by a couple who live in Stonewall (about 7 miles outside Fredericksburg). One of the best parts is that our pup was allowed to come with us! They have 2 rooms, and one of them is dog-friendly. They also have a neat little dog run out back so when you go into town, the pup can hang out there til you get back. It's pretty perfect.

Our room was a converted above-garage apartment behind the main house

looking into the yard from our porch

outside area with a fire pit

Pretty nice right?? Its so quiet and peaceful there, and they put a homemade (delicious) breakfast in our fridge every night so we were able to sleep in and eat whenever we wanted!

On Thursday afternoon after we checked into our room, we went and toured a winery. It was really neat because we learned all about the process and the grounds were beautiful. I had no idea that it takes over a year to make good wine!

Here's a couple of pictures of the room where the huge vats ferment the grapes and then the "barrel room" where the wine is stored for about 9 or 10 months before they bottle it

On Friday, we slept late, took the pup for a walk, toured the Pacific War Museum, and went shopping at all the cute little shops downtown. The museum was definitely our favorite. It was really well done, and talk about a great history lesson! We only allowed ourselves about 3 hours at the museum, but could have easily stayed much longer. I highly recommend it.