0030 -- monterey and carmel

We left big sur and continued north stopping at a few spots for pictures of the historic bridges. While paused at Bixby Bridge there was an old toothless man playing songs with a raven and bunny sitting on his head. Jordan went up to give him a dollar and the man handed him the bunny which Jordan was going to bring to me to hold but instead the little guy jumped on to my shoulder where he would have stayed until I finally needed to remove him. What a trip!!

We made great time getting to Monterey, giving us lots of time to explore the aquarium!! 

The aquarium always puts me in the best mood! And we were lucky enough to see the sea otters playing around! So so so cute!! From there Jordan and I went to grab some lunch and walk around the town! 

After walking around we headed to our hotel to clean up and get ready for our evening! My cousin Sabrina had booked us a dinner reservation at her old work Le St Tropez in Carmel. We decided to take the 17 mile drive since Jordan had never been and our timing couldn't have been better. The sun was just starting to set and there were wild deer everywhere! 

The meal was incredible! We split a cheese plate and the roasted duck which was to die for. Sabrina had already set up a specialty dessert plate for us which included lemon sorbet & cactus pear sorbet in almond cookie cups, flour less chocolate cake, creme brûlée, and puff pastry with whippe white chocolate cream and fresh fruit. By the end we could hardly stand up!! It was such a magical evening to top off our magical day!

Update again soon!

xxo