Beth and I had the awesome opportunity to travel to Erie, PA this past weekend to celebrate Liam and Natalie’s wedding. It was a lot of fun to get to meet some of Natalie and Liam’s good friends as well as their families.
It was a beautiful wedding at an old theater in downtown Erie (Natalie’s hometown). It was definitely a unique setting, but it came together amazingly and it turned out to be a great setting that really added to the ambiance of the night.
After the wedding, Beth and I decided to make a trip to nearby Niagara Falls. The falls were crazy. I have seen a lot of pictures over my life but they just don’t do it justice. We tried to take some pictures but due to the cold and mist (which was messing with the autofocus on our camera) we didn’t hang around long.
We then continued on to Toronto for the evening. We got there fairly quickly and had most of the afternoon to look around Toronto a bit. We were able to see the CN Tower, which at one point was the largest tower in the world, and Steamwhistle Brewery, where we tasted their famous pilsner.
We then traveled over to what was called the Distillery District which is a quaint area with brick streets and brick buildings and a few little shops and restaurants. We went in order to find a place called Soma. It is a chocolate maker which is one of the only places in North America where they import raw cacao beans and make their own chocolate from scratch. Beth and I got two little truffles (mine was filled with caramel and topped with sea salt, all from Madagascar and Beth’s was dark chocolate with Venezuelan oranges) and a cup of their famous hot chocolate. It was just amazing. I don’t even know how to begin to describe it.
We later went over to Greek town for a gyro dinner before heading back all the way to Pittsburgh the next morning for our flight out. Overall it was a fun trip and a really nice vacation for Beth and me. We got back just in time to finish compiling donations for the upcoming rummage sale for our Honduras trip (with the piles of stuff in our house to prove it).