Our 40th Anniversary Day

Yesterday is sort of a blur already so I will have to backtrack, maybe tomorrow, in my mind to write about what we did and saw.  I do remember that we drove over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

Today was a magnificent day.  We slept in late and went to 12:45pm mass at the mission bascilica here in Carmel, Ca.  Mass was beautiful and the museum at the mission was very, very interesting.  After that we went to our favorite bakery for lunch and had delicious sandwishes and Cannoli for dessert.  Then we went to the beach for a long walk and a sit down to watch the sun set.  Carmel is quite an interesting town.  Charming, quaint, unique, expensive, one of a kind sort of town.  The beach is open to pets so there were many dogs running and fetching, all very well behaved.  I took so many pictures of the unique houses here, but they could not compare to the natural beauty of the sunset so that is the featured photo today. 

After that we returned to our room for a little break and rest before dinner.  Oh boy!  What a treat that was.
I chose to eat at a quaint little restaurant called Porta Bella which seemed to be French inspired.  I believe that the entire town is somewhat French and European inspired.  Peter had stuffed Salmon and I had rack of lamb - we did a lot of mmmmmmmmm  - - mmmmmmmmmm throughout the meal, and of course we had to top it with Creme Brulee' for dessert.  The meal was an anniversary indulgence that we enjoyed to the hilt.

Earlier in the day we received a congratulations call from Noah, Holly and kiddos, all talking for a bit, which was so wonderful to hear.  We also opened a gift from Timber and Josh which she insisted that we take along, and it truly was a heartfelt gift to receive.  I hope everyone reading this will get a chance to see their gift to us when we get home - it is really, really neat xoxoxoxo  And I also called my mom to thank her for the terrific wedding reception she and my dad threw for us forty years ago.  We remember vividly many wonderful things about that day.

We are ready to settle in for the night in our happy, little room with a fireplace.  Tomorrow we will explore the immediate area a little more before we head down to Big Sur on Tuesday.  Til then, love and hugs to all.

Mom/Bellexoxoxoxoxoxoxo