Enjoying What Life Throws Our Way: Baltimore Getaway

Adam and I went away for the weekend to Baltimore's Inner Harbor. It was the first time we've been away without Ella (for Adam, his first time since he's been home; for me, first time ever). I was dreading leaving her for the first time, but I was impressed with how few times I actually called/texted home to check in on her! Adam and I had so much fun. We stayed at the Admiral Fell Inn in Fell's Point. It's an old, supposedly haunted hotel. The room was decent - it faced Thames Street (where a good chunk of the bars are) - and was noisy with the bar-crawl crowd - and lacked fully functioning air conditioning. In the 100-degree humid heat we had this past weekend, that made it a little rough to sleep.

Admiral Fell Inn, Fell's Point (Baltimore, MD)

We purchased a water taxi ticket ($10 per person) which was pretty neat. You get a stamp on your hand and it allows you to ride the taxi all day long. In the summer they're open til 11pm, so you have the potential to get your money's worth. We rode from Fell's Point to Inner Harbor (the Aquarium/ Pier 5) and back twice so it was a lot better than driving and paying $14 (!!!!!) for parking. We just parked the car in the parking garage when we got to the hotel and left it there until we left the next day and only paid $20 (which beat the hotel's valet parking at $29 for the night!).

Fun Fish

So we did the aquarium, which was okay. I was kind of disappointed. Not the best aquarium I've been to. It was so crowded you couldn't see all of the exhibits. And some lady kept trying to push me out of the way until I stopped short, turned around, and told her off. After the aquarium, we decided to do the tour of the USS Constellation. That was pretty awesome. If you're a history geek like me, you'd love it!

Looking out the cannon-hole on the
USS Constellation

We ate at Fogo de Chao, which is a Brazilian Steakhouse. It was pretty damn awesome. If you like meat, you'd like this place. It was pricey at $50 per person, plus alcohol & dessert, but it was a special occasion so to us, worth the money.

On Sunday we decided to check out Fort McHenry. Again, if you're a history geek, you'd love it. It definitely made me be proud to be an American watching the film on the history behind the Battle at Fort McHenry and the Star-Spangled Banner. Then to see the cannons and the barracks and the actual fort itself was pretty awesome. If you get the chance, check it out.