Colorful Colorado Part 1

Arriving in Colorado was freeing. The scenery changed pretty quickly and instead of vastness we saw colorful trees all around us.

It took a little under 2 hours to get to Denver. When we arrived in Denver at 2:00, we chose to stay at the Comfort Inn. Little did we know how cool this place would be. It used to be the West Wing of the Brown Palace Hotel ( a 100 year old hotel). The elevators had very old fashioned push buttons and the hallways had that eerie feel of an old hotel. When we opened the door to our room, we realized we lucked out! It had panoramic windows and an amazing view of the city. The bed was also plush, a nice change from the other motels we stayed in. I didn't not want to leave it the next day it was that comfortable.

We then explored Denver and started with the 16th street mall which is a huge strip of quaint stores, cafe's and restaurants. We met up with Mitch. Mitch was an old friend of mine from high school who I haven't seen since a random encounter after college. He took us to this rooftop bar which was right next to the Real World Denver pad. We had a view of the Coors baseball field (where the Red Sox won the world series) which was surrounded by beautiful brick. We later stopped by his condo which overlooks the city and this is where we met his fiance Kerry. Kerry and Steve had an instant bond because her mother,a British hippie as she calls her, moved here when she was 18. Kerry got to be raised with some good old/new fashioned britishisms.

For dinner we went to the Sushi Den. There's another one of these restaurants in Japan and everyday the other Japanese owner fedexes fresh fish to this restaurant all the way from Japan! The food was heavenly and we devoured each flavor. Kerry and Mitch are an adorable couple and we had so much fun spending time with them.

Steve loved Denver and was ready to move there after our lovely day. It's a quaint city with earthy people and amazing mountain scenery in the distance. It does have its downsides of coldness in the winter, but the locals are proud of having 300 days of sun a year, how can you beat that?