Your Wish Is My Command

My absence from my own blog has been rather lengthy and at the request of dear Jerica I make a brief return, I say brief because I make no promises to return on a regular basis. As I think I mentioned previously Andrew won a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Whistler, British Columbia. In short the trip was a dream come true! I felt like and was treated like Cinderella for a week. We stayed at the five-star Fairmont Chateau hotel, dined like kings and queens, and played like kids. I was initially worried about not meshing with any other couples but was soon proved wrong when I made fast friendships with three other couples. For the majority of the trip these three couples were who we hung out with though there were several other great people we got to know along the way. The views were to die for, and the air truly was like nothing I had ever breathed before. My only complaint though I shouldn't complain was that the temperatures left a little to be desired from someone as cold-natured as myself.

The first day we arrived with enough time to get checked in, have a little drink at the bar, and then head upstairs to the terrace for an elaborate dinner under a tent. It was amazing, but after so much travel I was a wimp and called it a night rather early compared to those who hit the town hard and were paying for it the next morning =) When Andrew and I came back to our room we had a surprise waiting on our bed, a bag full of goodies! Little did I know that gifts would be left for us each night to return to. It felt like Christmas, every night I was excited to come "home" and see what "Santa" had left for us!

The next morning Andrew had a team building exercise to attend after breakfast, so while that took place another girl and myself made the 15 minute trek to the Village to explore. The Village was very similar to any other ski village. I was on a hunt for Dr.Pepper and finally scored a few bottles from a burger joint I spotted. The rest of the day we spent exploring the surrounding area before coming back to get ready for our dine-around meal. Seeing as how I don't really eat anything but chicken or turkey this put Andrew and myself in a bind on what restaurant to select. None of the options provided offered any sort of chicken (it was either fish or steak) so we settled on the fondue choice since I knew for a fact I could gorge myself on melted cheese and bread! It was a night to remember! Everyone got a little out of control on the amount of wine we were served, especially Andrew, but we were on vacation right?

The next morning had to get up early for golf and I hung out at the hotel until my massage appointment. The massage was heavenly, I'd never had one until that day and at the conclusion of the massage I was planning on making it a monthly necessity (I don't think this is really going to happen of course). I then did a very big-girl thing... I ate lunch by myself. I know, I know, not that big of a deal, but for me it was because I was always too scared to eat by myself so rather than eat and be alone I would just avoid eating. Not anymore! After lunch I then headed back to the spa and got a pedicure. That night we then had dinner at the top of the mountain, and got to the top via a gondola ride. Riding back down at night was my favorite because the view of the Village all lit up was beautiful.

The fourth day Andrew and I went zip-lining in the coastal rain forest. It was INCREDIBLE! I wish I could do it again. I can't think of any other time in which I had so much fun. At the end of it I was ready to bungee jump but Andrew nixed that idea with good reason. That night was a free night so Andrew and I went back into the Village and went and saw the movie the Proposal. It was good to have a low-key night.

The final day we did the Peak-2-Peak gondola ride in which it snowed the entire time so our view was limited but indeed fun to be in the middle of the snow. We did some shopping, enjoyed a delicious Italian lunch and then came back for the gala that evening. The way they decorated for all of the dinners was breath-taking. Each dinner looked like an out of this world wedding reception and the bands were entertaining. I would have loved to dance but was a little too shy to do so for some reason. I was terribly sad to leave the next morning but it was an amazing trip. Oh! And at the Vancouver airport we saw Ben Stein!! The trip was one for the books!