Getaway to Beaufort, NC

We celebrate our wedding anniversary on September 14th. There is no way to forget that date because it's two days after my birthday...always 😆.

We take turns with Robert in terms of coming up with a way to celebrate it. Odd years are his years and mine are even. This year we celebrated sixteen years! So I surprised him with a weekend getaway to Beaufort, NC (not to be confused with Beaufort, SC, which is a completely different place and is pronounced differently).

Our great friends, the Martins, were able to take care of our kids which was so kind of them. We drove 2.5 hours east towards the coast and stayed at a B&B at this charming coastal (sleepy off-season) town. 

Should we call this a trip of many selfies? We hardly spoke to anyone else but each other this weekend, which was quite unusual and good.

At first we visited Old Burial Grounds right in downtown--it's a small cemetery of some well-known people from Beaufort. A lot of really-really old graves (for the US) and lots of bits and pieces of history of the South. I love anything connected with that whole era of the Civil War so this place was interesting to me.

We went out to eat at the place that was supposed to be amazing. And it was amazing although at first we were a little put off by the fact that every single menu item that we wanted to order was not available. I wanted scallops but they were out. I guess they don't keep their complete menu in stock after Labor Day or something. Anyway! We still managed to get great food, it just wasn't scallops.




After dinner we took a long walk on the boardwalk enjoying the sunset and the views of the boats. It's a serene little town with a lot of history in it but I am sure it is very busy and noisy during summer months. There are a lot of shops and restaurants to enjoy but no beach right in downtown.

The following morning we drove to Emerald Isle, about 30-40 minutes away and spent a few hours blissfully doing nothing but reading books, swimming, reading more books, eating and talking. After that we headed home stopping by Lidl in Kinston to pick up some pastries for the kids.

We need these getaways even if they happen infrequently. It's fun to be just us for longer than a couple of hours at dinner date. I am already looking forward to our 17th wedding anniversary as it will be Robert's turn to plan the celebration!:)

Lyana.