Micro Vacation

This weekend, Devin & I headed to the big city of Toronto for a little getaway. It's amazing how just 30 hours away from home felt like such a vacation!

The inspiration for this getaway was a Facebook ad for Toronto Christmas Market. I thought it looked absolutely lovely - like a Christmas card. So, I suggested it to Devin and he liked the idea. I arranged to go on a weekend when Cody was going to spend time with his biological mom, so we dropped him off and raced to the Go Train station in Burlington. We arrived in time to take the 5:01 train and we were thinking we'd need to take the 5:31 or 6:01 depending on traffic. Sweet!

We hopped on board and settled in for our journey into the city. We are certainly not pros at taking public transportation, so we needed to find our way once we got to Union station, but we were soon taking the subway to our hotel and checking in. We dropped off our bag and were back out in the crisp evening air to go to the market.

It was beautiful! Little white lights everywhere, Christmas music, delicious smells wafting from booths selling delectable treats. I was LOVING it. We were pretty hungry by this time so we stopped for some dinner and a chance to catch our breath and take in our kid-free getaway!

The rest of the evening was spent meandering in and out of shops, buying a few Christmas presents, and taking advantage of the many Instagram-worthy photo ops! A great way to kick off the holiday season.

Our hotel (Bond Place Hotel) was a great little spot - steps from Young/Dundas square. It had been a while since I was in downtown Toronto and I was taken with how much it reminded me of being in New York City with all of the oversized screens and holiday decorations. It was kinda fun to feel like we had gone on a trip but we were really only 2 hours from home!

Saturday was spent wandering the Eaton Centre and admiring the Bay's window displays - reminiscent of the Macy's windows in NYC. We had such a great time together and agreed that taking these micro vacations should be a regular thing. It felt so great to get away and have some downtime to recharge and just spend time together instead of feeling like we need to be working on the unending list of projects at home! And speaking of that list, we were able to squeeze in a stop at Ikea on the way home - supplies for our next project!

And so begins my most favourite time of the year! Welcome Christmas 2018, I've been waiting for you.