Denver!
We were feeling a little... ragged when we arrived. Apparently sleeping overnight on the train isn't quite all it is cracked up to be... but we were still in pretty high spirits, even if we were missing a couple hours of sleep, and the introduction to the city was refreshingly cold and we loved seeing the front of the Amtrak station all lit up.
We got to our hotel - Magnolia Hotel - hoping to hell that they would let us check in at 8am rather than the standard 4pm check in time and whammy thanks Platinum Starwood we were able to check in... to our super baller corner suite overlooking Denver which was amazing. We had our complimentary breakfast which was super confusing because the girl at the front of the breakfast place insisted they didn't do that. We walked around in circles in the hotel for about 15 minuted before we convinced her that they did do that. They did. Take that girl.
We had a quick nap, during which Guest Services decided it would be the ideal time to bring a special treat into our room. We weren't exactly "prepared" to answer the door for them, so that was a little awkward, but despite Ryan's calls of "No thank you" she was like "Uh, I think you'll want this"...Turns out we did. we were very excited at what they brought in! Chocolate covered strawberries & Champagne along with a handwritten congratulations letter! We were over the moon impressed!
Denver (especially the Magnolia Hotel) was making a pretty solid name for itself!
While we ate our chocolate covered strawberries and sipped our fine champagne, we devised a plan for the day. We were going to go out, walk the 16th Street Mall to the Capital Building, head back down towards our end of town, go to Fresh Craft for an early dinner and then on to Larimer Square, and possibly a bar to end the night.We started by walking down the 16th Street Mall and checking out all of the cool lights and everything Denver has to offer. While we had both been in Denver before, this was our first time without a car, and it seemed to make a big difference walking around and getting a real feel for the city.
We walked down to the Capital Building and enjoyed our little photo op at the 5280' Mile High City marking on the steps of the Capital Building. Then we went up the 16th Street Mall again all the way to Fresh Craft on the other side of the city. Fresh Craft was pretty sweet and had some good happy hour specials we enjoyed. Ryan's Cousin Korin had recommended us to check it out, and it was great! (Thanks Korin!).
After Fresh Craft we went out and took a look at Larimer Square and after a quick stop there decided to head back via an awesome candy shop! We got back to our hotel and took a quick break, deciding if we wanted to rest easy in for the night or if we wanted to go back out. After a brief relaxing break, we decided we should probably hit up at least one bar in the city, so we found one with $2 PBR's and went down to enjoy some live music.
After a few beers down there, and both of us being pretty tired (don't forget, our train leaves at 8am tomorrow as well), we decided to head home and settle down. One more city for the books!
Next up... Glenwood Springs, Colorado!
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