We're in a Sonesta ES that's like a studio apartment with a full kitchen and king bed. AHHHHHH!!! Spacious, with a pool and hot tub, fitness room, big ol' gas grill, and breakfast in the morning. When I checked in, they gave me an enormous jug of Vermont maple syrup because I'm a rewards member. We don't eat things that use syrup, so I'll have to figure out what to do with it.
Sunday we went downtown to Church Street Marketplace to walk and nose around, then down to the waterfront for lunch. It's pretty here and there's a lot to do. Lake Champlain is HYOOOOGE, and they have ferries, dinner cruises, watercraft rentals, and all sorts of things going on.
Burlington is the largest city in Vermont, with a population of....ready?...slightly over 42,000. This makes it easy to get around and enjoy the area. There appear to be two main types of people here: freaks and Muffies. Not a lot in between. You're either a seriously alternative type, or a limousine liberal. However, they don't appear to recycle, which I found odd. How can you be all hippie green and eco if you don't even freaking recycle??? Anyway, this explains their Congressional choices. (PS, pretty much everything here is named after Pat Leahy, which is just weird.)
It's very rural - there is no Target in VT's largest city, and only a small Walmart. I'd guess that's by design, except they do have at least one large mall with all sorts of chain stores. And they have at least one proper Korean restaurant (we had dinner there last night) that offers true dolsot bibimbap; a really great Hannaford Market grocery store, a Walgreens, and a Cumberland Farms with fountain soda. So all my needs are met.
What we've seen so far is quaint and picturesque. It's an ideal couples romantic getaway, with enough to do that you wouldn't get bored. We're here for a month and I don't anticipate we'll be chewing our arms off to get out of here.
Sunday we went downtown to Church Street Marketplace to walk and nose around, then down to the waterfront for lunch. It's pretty here and there's a lot to do. Lake Champlain is HYOOOOGE, and they have ferries, dinner cruises, watercraft rentals, and all sorts of things going on.
Burlington is the largest city in Vermont, with a population of....ready?...slightly over 42,000. This makes it easy to get around and enjoy the area. There appear to be two main types of people here: freaks and Muffies. Not a lot in between. You're either a seriously alternative type, or a limousine liberal. However, they don't appear to recycle, which I found odd. How can you be all hippie green and eco if you don't even freaking recycle??? Anyway, this explains their Congressional choices. (PS, pretty much everything here is named after Pat Leahy, which is just weird.)
It's very rural - there is no Target in VT's largest city, and only a small Walmart. I'd guess that's by design, except they do have at least one large mall with all sorts of chain stores. And they have at least one proper Korean restaurant (we had dinner there last night) that offers true dolsot bibimbap; a really great Hannaford Market grocery store, a Walgreens, and a Cumberland Farms with fountain soda. So all my needs are met.
What we've seen so far is quaint and picturesque. It's an ideal couples romantic getaway, with enough to do that you wouldn't get bored. We're here for a month and I don't anticipate we'll be chewing our arms off to get out of here.