Living Our Bucket List Life: Alexandria (May 2015)

My spouse and I visited Alexandria, Virginia on Memorial Day Weekend in late May 2015). We stayed for 2 nights, and had 2 full days to sightsee.

On the first day (Saturday), we arrived at our hotel, the Hilton, around 12:00 noon, and later walked down King Street in Old Town to find a place for lunch. The first restaurant that we encountered that had available outdoor seating (the weather was gorgeous!), was the Majestic Tavern Cafe. We had a great lunch, and then continued walking down King Street to the harbor. We stopped in at Virtue Feed & Grain for a drink, but after being seated and waiting 15 minutes, we still hadn't received any service. So we moved on, walking back towards our hotel. We eventually stopped in Theismann's for a drink before going back to the hotel to relax. We went out later to find a quick bite to eat, and ended up at Five Guys Burgers & Fries (where I had never eaten, so I got to check that off my casual "to eat" list.)

On the second day (Sunday), we departed early to arrive at Mount Vernon close to opening time. We spent about three hours there, walking around the estate, touring the house, and walking through the museum. (Mount Vernon has been on my "to visit" list every time that we have visited nearby Washington DC, but we were never able to tear ourselves away from the city to visit it.) Upon arrival back in Old Town, we again walked down King Street to find a place for lunch. We noticed that Taverna Cretekou had many outdoor tables in its rear courtyard, and sat down to enjoy a delicious lunch. We walked around a bit, before going back to the hotel to relax. Later that night, we ate dinner at BRABO by Robert Weidemaier.

On the third day (Monday), we enjoyed a quick Starbucks breakfast, and began our drive home.

We had reservations to dine at some fancy restaurants, but we just didn't feel like dressing up and partaking of multi-course lengthy meals when the time came, so we improvised.

We enjoyed a nice weekend, but we don't feel that we need to return to Old Town Alexandria. With its proximity to Washington, DC, that city offers such much more in terms of dining, sightseeing, museums, and hotels.

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