"It's a long trip alone"

It will be Job's and my anniversary this wednesday so we decided to getaway on friday night. Thanks to Job's brother and sister-in-law, we were able to go alone for one night. Job tried to make things a surprise, but he is not good with surprises. We drove out to Long Beach and enjoyed a dinner at Joe's Crab Shack and a lovely ride on a Gondola.

These first two pictures were taken from our Hotel room. We had a room with a balcony and a gorgeous view.





This was taken on the Gondola with our gondoleer. The gondola ride was at night and it was beautiful with all the lights from the homes and the bridges. We went through the canal and under 5 bridges. It is tradition to kiss under each bridge and under the fourth bridge our gondoleer sang to us. This picture was of him singing his first song and then he sang one other song during the last few minutes of the ride. The ride was about an hour long and definately worth it. If you want to enjoy a ride
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This picture is of the cool lantern and one of the bridges that we went under.





We brought a bottle of sparkling cider and they put it in ice for us.





At Joe's Crab Shack they made us walk around the tables dressed like this while everyone sang "Happy Anniversary" to us.


Here we are with our bibs. We didn't need them, but I thought they were so cool. I watched on older man with one on trying to crack his lobster legs.


This was the view we had from our table in the restaurant.