Fredericksburg: the cabin

Larkspur Cabin was our retreat for our weekend in Fredericksburg. It was perfect. Like I said in my last post, we booked it through Absolute Charm, and if you're looking for a place to stay in Fredericksburg I recommend starting there! If you can't find a bed and breakfast through that site, you're probably crazy.

If you're lucky your cabin will come with a handsome husband studying for pharmacy school! Also, that little stove? AMAZING. Heated that place up so well. Perfect for a cold drizzly weekend.

Why yes, that is a jacuzzi tub, in the loft-bedroom! Totally a selling point for us.

I mean, pretty perfect right? A rainy weekend isn't so bad when you have this cabin to hang out in! I loved it. Brendon said he thought it was haunted and didn't sleep well because he thought there were ghosts/intruders coming to get us. I slept like a baby. He's crazy.

The one downfall to the cabin?

The TV that is smaller than most computer monitors these days. We had a good laugh about that. But really, why would you be watching TV on your vacation? ESPECIALLY if there is a jacuzzi tub upstairs.

So if you're in the market for a weekend escape, Larkspur Cabin is where it's at. It's quiet, beautifully built (I'm not usually a fan of all wood interiors, 1982 much?, but it worked so well here), and just generally awesome. They took so much time and care in decorating that place. Those hanging window panes were so cool. Such a good idea! Oh yeah and did I mention there's a jacuzzi tub? Perfect.

Up next, we hike all over Enchanted Rock wearing long johns from Walmart!

Fredericksburg: the town

This weekend Brendon and I escaped for a few days to Fredericksburg, Texas. We have been planning this trip since we moved to Austin. Originally we meant to go during our first Christmas here, but we were broke broke broke so that didn't happen. Fast forward a year or so and we finally made it!

This mini-vacay couldn't have happened at a better time. We both needed an escape and a chance to just be together for a few days. Life here is good, but it is not without stress and it is busy busy busy. It was so nice to just get away and do whatever we wanted for a few days. So nice.

Fredericksburg is a bed-and-breakfast-visit-for-the-weekend kind of town. There are hundreds of B&B's, we found ours through a site a local blogger recommended, Absolute Charm. We highly recommend it! Our cabin was perfect, but more on that later. For now, talk about Fredericksburg!

The drive there from Austin is beautiful. I love the hill country, it reminds me so much of home. Fredericksburg is very similar to Gruene, TX or as we recently experienced, Hot Springs, AR; any sort of weekend-escape town. Lots of shops and eateries. Although their "Main Street" area is huge! And there are a gazillion wineries to visit (we didn't see any, although next time I think we should). We really loved the German feel, mostly because we're from a German town, and we loved the German food!

As it always seems to be our luck on vacations, it was cloudy and grey and drizzly. But we didn't mind. We spent our Saturday exploring downtown and although my hair was a hot mess, the rain didn't stop us from having fun!

Hot sauce anyone?

This giant thing was COMPLETELY embroidered. I was in awe. I could have probably looked at that thing all day.

We ate a lot. We had some good German food and some really good beer. And some delicious peach wine (should have bought a few bottles). Also chocolate, ice cream, and coffee. It was a seriously relaxing and seriously wonderful day. After we had hit up all the shops and called the town explored, we just hung out in our badass cabin. Which also came with this:

Fluffy, the coolest cat in Fredericksburg. Yes, we are crazy cat people. Even in other cities cats find us.

Next up, a tour of our sweet little cabin! And then an adventure to Enchanted Rock! Get excited.