Due to my trip to Charlotte to see my family over the short break we had, I was unable to post my blog in time. But now I have the opportunity to talk about my long weekend back in the Queen city.
I worked Wednesday night and didn't stay up too late afterwords. I yet somehow managed to wake up later than I wanted to. My birthday was on Tuesday so my parents wanted to celebrate with me and go out to a restaurant when I arrived. I had planned on getting up fairly early and packing before driving to Charlotte to make the 6:00 dinner reservations. I instead woke up an hour late and rushed my packing to make it to my girlfriends apartment to pick her and her sister up. My girlfriend was staying with me and her sister was hitching a ride to hang out with some friends up there. I didn't fully account for time and the short errands we would have to run before leaving. The decision was made that I would not drop off my girlfriend's sister at her friend's at UNC-C but instead they would pick her up at my house to save us an hour plus extra driving time in rush hour Charlotte traffic.
We made it there with a bit of time to spare and we did our unpacking. I found that I had forgotten some of my things before leaving such as a phone charger; within a day, I was without a mobile phone! But it was fine, I made a list of my Charlotte friend's numbers and used other people's phones. The first night we were there we went to Kabuto a hibachi restaurant. It was delicious as always. That evening we just hung out around the house and watched a film on the dvr, wonderful technology.
The next day my girlfriend and I went to some of the many parks in the Charlotte area due to it being such a nice day out. I also drove her around Charlotte and showed her some of the major landmarks and some of the interesting architecture. Later in the evening we went to the South End area and went to an art gallery crawl and saw some great local paintings and sculptures. We also had a nice diner down there as well.
The next day we went to see Shurlock Holmes at the $2.00 theater in Matthews. I enjoyed it, as I do many of Guy Ritchie's films. Later that evening we had a great flank steak dinner and went out to hang out with some of my old friends from the area.
This morning We woke up and packed our things. We had a nice pancake and bacon breakfast and hit the road back to Wilmington, as usual later than expected.
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I was thinking about going to Charlotte this summer to go to a concert. How is it? What are some good restaurants and bars in the downtown area? The concert I'm going to is at the big ampitheater in Charlotte, can't remember the name of it, but is it near the downtown area?
ReplyDeleteI've heard its a cool city. Hopefully you can help me out a bit.
I personally don't think we should have had to post on a holiday anyway but that is another story. I'm glad you enjoyed your holiday break!! There is so much to do in Charlotte such as parks, festivals and entertainment. I love Kubutos too! Good for you!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a great weekend. I've only been to Charlotte a couple of times, once for a a Bobcats basketball game and once for a UNC football bowl game. I like Charlotte for the most part; traffic is a little confusing, but I guess it's the same with any big city. Well glad you enjoyed your trip and good luck with the rest of your semester.
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