Return to Reality

This week is our first week back at work since the wedding...that was a bit of a rude awakening but I guess we could only put it off for so long. Our honeymoon was wonderfully relaxing...we went to Chatham and stayed at the marvelous Captain's House Inn. I have already referred many people to it and we will certainly go back. Everything about it was fantastic and it seemed that the owners put a lot of thought into welcoming their guests, everything had such a personal touch to it. When we were shown our room, there was a CD of calming music playing. The bathroom had a toothbrush holder and a fabulous jacuzzi tub and 'fantasy shower' as it's called on their site. It had a main shower head and then two additional jets coming out of the wall. We had a sitting area which was one of the main reasons I booked it; I had envisioned us doing some things around the Cape but more importantly just chilling out after the past few hectic months. The Inn has an open kitchen policy and you are welcome to forage around whenever you choose; baked goods and beverages are put out nightly for the guests. Breakfast and dinner are included in the meal price; we only had breakfast there once but it was tasty. Nothing too elaborate but they had one sweet and one savory dish which I think is the norm for their menu.

The grounds were meticulous, they even had a croquet set for guests to use. In addition, other guest amenities included an outdoor pool (not ready to go yet obviously), a DVD library (2 players in teh room), computer access, port and sherry out all of the time, and a conceierge area.

As you can tell I was really impressed. It's handsdown the best place I've ever stayed. It was a B&B without being too tiny where I think I would feel annoyed by the need to chit chat with other guests and what not.

One day we went around Chatham and took in some of the sights at the beaches and walked down the main street to see that most of the shops were still closed. But we agreed, each shop just seemed to have more of the same anyway. The next day we drove to Providence where we saw whales breeching right off the coast. Of course, we took a million pictures but you just see a dark blob...definitely had to be there to get the full experience.

We ate at the Chatham Bars Inn which was recommended to us by many people. The dining room was very elegant with soft candle light, white lights on the trees just outside the window and a view of the ocean (this view does not compare to the view we had when we stayed at the Cliffhouse last spring though).

All in all it was incredibly relaxing and I wanted to move into the Captain's House Inn (see I told you I really liked it). I made M promise me that we would be back and he agreed since he was smitten with it also.

Through the rest of the week we slowly reintegrated into our normal lives until the work week was staring straight at us and now we're back to normal life. Bah! I think I need a honeymoon on a yearly basis.