New Hope, Pa. A Weekend Getaway

My husband and I celebrated our 44th anniversary on Friday, the 13th of May.

We had planned a trip to New Hope, Pennsylvania. We had never been to New Hope and when I saw this Living Social deal for a two night stay at The Center Bridge Inn, in New Hope, I said,”Lets go!”  Now every year we plan a trip with our very good friends Joanne and Joe.  We invited them to join us. Now Joanne and Joe happened to be very familiar  with the town of New Hope, they were frequent visitors to this Pennsylvanian town.  This was  great because they became our tour guides.   167977_498900227163_719607163_5929059_3751503_n  When our friends found out it that it was our anniversary they quickly went out and bought a bottle of Brut Prestige Champagne.  We POPPED the cork, toasted, and drank.  The champagne Joe picked was excellent.     19-362471 (1)For our dining pleasure we had dinner at the Tavern, located right in the Center Bridge Inn.  For our special night we ordered a dozen oysters as an appetizer delight.  The rest of our dinner was super good.  We all were surprised that the food at the Inn was top notch.   0308The next morning my husband and I took a walk over the Center Bridge, bridge.  It was a foggy morning.  The fog was so  thick you couldn’t see very far but we were walking over the bridge, and didn’t need to worry.

As we walked, over the bridge, I couldn’t help humming,  Ode To Billie Joe Tallatchie bridge song.  1025141134

In spite of the foggy morning Saturday did turn out to be a sunny day.  We decided to spend time touring  Pearl S. Buck’s Estate.

IMG_4407  All I knew about Pearl S. Buck was  she wrote the book , The Good Earth.  I never read any of her books.  The Good Earth was well known, everyone I knew read it for school.  I don’t know why I never read the book but now I know that it will be my next read.148962_10200319959268346_1940916398_nHad to take a picture of Pearl’s grave. 425597_343412792378399_244753448911001_974485_345232446_nAfter the estate tour we hit the town of New Hope.  Did a lot of shopping in New Hope.  Loved all the  small shops.  It’s at these little town shops that I love to do my shopping.  Of course after a hard morning of touring and shopping we found a tavern to stop in to have a beer or two.  A few beers and a few laughs is always the best medicine for the guys.1425779_10202335979511291_1263298826_n

Celebrating our 44th anniversary in New Hope, Pa. was fun, and  a learning experience.   Thanks Joe and Joanne you made our 44th anniversary an anniversary to be remembered.