breckenridge day 1

Work has been pretty hectic recently, which explains the lack of fun things to write about, but a ski trip to Colorado made it well worth it. We stayed at my Aunt Gloria's place in Breckenridge, which was awesome.

It was Lelaine's first trip to Colorado and seeing the Rockies. We arrived in Denver late Friday morning, rented a car, stopped downtown for lunch at Steubens (another Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives find), and headed west for the mountains.

My friend Jeremy was spending the weekend with us but wasn't scheduled to arrive until 9pm. We hadn't seen Jeremy in two years until last month when he was in DC for a weekend visit, so it was nice to get together again so soon.

So after unpacking and settling into the condo in Breckenridge, we drove over to Vail and I showed Lelaine where the family used to go every summer. I haven't been since 2005, but a lot has changed. Lionshead and Crossroads now look like Beaver Creek. We even heard a few people on the bus talking about Fritz having to relocate Swiss Dog to Avon because rent in the redeveloped Lionshead is now way too high.

Once back in Breckenridge we met Jeremy at Swiss Haven for fondue. They claimed to be the first fondue restaurant in the US, and although that seemed dubious, it was pretty good. It helped that they have bottles of Rochefort 8 to wash it down.