Swan Valley weekend- 12th wedding anniversary

It's tragic when life gets in the way of blogging. It's tragic that I think of my blogging space as another sphere of life. Oh, is it more tragic that I write in this kind of tone. No, our weekend away to Swan Valley wasn't tragic. It just meant that I didn't have time to think anything other than having 'real' fun (as supposed to virtual) with my guy to celebrate our 12th wedding anniversary (my 11th anniversary post here). Yes, 12 long years and we are still together. Our relationship has never been stronger although both of us having a bit of challenging time at the moment. We decided to pamper ourselves by staying at a heritage hotel, Rose & Crown in Guilford, Swan Valley and spend a fun filled weekend.

Check out the massive four poster bed in Sapphire Room. $270/night isn't cheap but it was grand and quite fitting for the occasion. I don't recommend that room until they get a proper sound proofed window though. It was rather noisy during the night so we had to get a different room for the following day.

Dinner at the Rose & Crown's outdoor restaurant was rather romantic and the food. Well, it was okay. Passable should I say. Wine was good though. The waiter person knew his wine and was able to recommend good grog.

A trip to Swan Valley cannot be completed without a visit to a winery. I picked the most obvious one - Sandalford and grabbed a few bottles. As I'm still a 'kid' when it comes to wine I got two bottles of Element Late Harvest and my guy got himself a Shiraz.

Another quintessential place to visit is the Chocolate Factory. I'm not much of a chocolate person but we did get a small bag of chocolate coated macadamia nuts. That's very Australian isn't it?

That wasn't the end of our weekend but I'll have to do another two posts. One for a cool shop I found and the other for a grand dinner we had.

By the way, my doctor tells me that I have bronchitis. This could well mean that I won't be so active with my mails, blogging responsibilities and other online duties people might be expecting from me. Sorry folks.. I need to get better first. I'll take it easy so you do the same. Ciao.