Christmas in Burlington

Church Street in Burlington, Vermont

Back in early December, our good friend, Frank, asked us if we were available on the Sunday before Christmas to visit Burlington. Fortunately, this day was still open for us and we jumped at the chance for another Christmas in Burlington so we put the day on our calendar.

We missed an opportunity to get up to Burlington during Christmas last year so we were pretty excited at the thought of getting back up to Burlington during Christmas this year. Our plan was to do a little barhopping and to get some photos on Church Street while it was decorated for Christmas.

We set out at lunchtime for our short trip north to Lake Champlain and Burlington. There were plenty of shoppers which made for a lot of traffic and parking scarce. Fortunately for us, all these people were actually shopping and not venturing into the restaurants and pubs that line Church Street. It was nice to be able to choose a place to go and then find available space at the bar!

We had a nice lunch at Ri Ra's Irish Pub...  some nice drinks... stayed until we lost a raffle for tickets to a Boston Bruins game... then we headed across the street to Sweetwater's for dinner, dessert and a few more drinks. On our way back to the car, we walked the length of Church Street. Actually, it was a pretty deserted Church Street due to it being a Sunday night and a bit frigid too. I managed to get a few shots of Church Street and the Christmas tree...  and even a few shots of our small group walking Church Street.

You can view a gallery of photos from our day here - Christmas in Burlington 2014. 

All-in-all, I do believe everyone had a great and memorable time... I know I did!

Now I need to get a few more things accomplished around the house before Christmas Eve... and Sheila and I are definitely looking forward to Christmas Eve and Christmas...  it will be two very busy days at our home...