Whistler Tasting Tour

After our relaxing spa day, we went for a progressive dinner tour around Whistler.  

 Our first stop was Barefoot Bistro, one of Whistler's finest dining experiances

 We were taken down to the wine cellar, which was filled with countless bottles of wine

 Since it was just Robb and me on the tour, he got to open a bottle of champagne with a SWORD!

 He just sliced the top of the bottle right off!

 We had this delicious beet appitizer at Barefoot Bistro

 It went perfectly with the champagne Robb had just opened for us

 Giant bottles of champagne!

 Robb had his choice of cutting instruments!  They said a guy even did it with his Americn Express card!

 Oldest bottle of wine that they had. 1929

 Most expensive bottle of wine, only 3 left in the world

 There was even a Barefoot Bistro bobsled hung on the ceiling!

 This was an entire room made of ice for vodka tastings.  They carved out the little squares to hold the bottles of Vodka.

 The Bistro had a cozy dining room.  Maybe someday we'll get back and have a chance to eat at this restaurant.

 Our next restaurant was Hy's Steakhouse.  I had an appetizer of a curried lentils in filo dough, and Robb had a tuna dish.  It wasn't that impressive, I only took a picture of the table.  Was just like any other steakhouse.

Our dinner was at Quattro, a nice Italian restaurant.  I had some homemade noodles and mushrooms, which sounds boring, but it was incredible!  Robb had chicken parmasean with house special spaghetti Quattro.

Robb about to enjoy his dinner.

Me too!

We even landed this perfect table in front of the fireplace.  Funny thing, it was the exact same fireplace as in our condo!

I forget the name of the dessert restaurant, but didn't forget the delicious cheesecake and ice wine.  Perfect way to finish our tour!

Spaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!

So needless to say, after our two days of physical exercise, we were in need of some pampering!

 The Scandinve Spa was just the place!  Since it was our honeymoon, we got to get a luxurious spa package.  

BIG pine tree welcomed us to the spa

 Our package included a one hour couples massage (by the best masseuse EVER!), the Scandinavian Baths, a fluffy bath robe, healthy spa lunch, and a goodie bag filled with a water bottle, sandals, and snacks.

 This place was incredible.  It was nestled in the woods in the mountains, and was completely serene.  There was even a no talking law in the baths, for complete relaxation.  The bathrooms even had heated floors!

 After our incredible massages, we went to the series of the Baths.  You alternated getting hot in a eucalyptus steam room, Finnish wood burning sauna, or hot tubs for about 10-15 minutes.  Then, you jump in a freezing cold pool, or ice cold shower for 20-30 seconds (I couldn't get myself to pull the handle).  After that you relax in a solarium, by an outdoor fire, or in a hammock chair for about 15-20 minutes and do it all over again.  

 Doing this series several times, relaxes the body, and detoxifies it.  It was so relaxing (except for the cold shock)

Everything about this place was incredible and top notch.  The service was excellent, spa built beautifully, food was delicious and healthy, and was in the most beautiful location.  This was one of my favorite honeymoon treats!

Peak 2 Peak

Whistler's Modern Marvel  

This incredibly huge gondola took you from the peak of Whistler Mountain to the peak of Blackcomb Mountain.  It is a modern marvel because it is the longest distance between poles of almost 2 miles.  You don't realize how far that is until you are actually riding across on it.

Each car could hold about 15 adults.  This is gigantic.  The wheels in this place, pulling the cables were enormous!

Special extra strong cables were designed to hold the weight across that huge span.  They had to get up the hill with an army truck that usually holds 3 tanks, being pushed and pulled by bulldozers!

It's actually pretty fast, only takes 11 minutes to get across

On the gondola

The last pole

And we're off on our way to the top of the other mountain.  

We waited for the glass bottom gondola so we could see everything below

You can see the very far path across.  It's actually a really convenient way to get to the other mountain without having to ski all the way to the bottom, and go all the way back up.

Trees got much smaller below, we were high up!

On the way

We're not totally sure what those red things were, probably stoppers in case a cable broke (just kidding, that wasn't happening)

And we made it to the other side!

We ate lunch at the restaurant on top of Blackcomb Mountain, and then headed back over.

It was pretty cool, a big cloud had come, and we had to go right through it to get to the other side.

Into the cloud

Robb in the gondola

Me in the gondola

There is the cloud we dipped into.  What a cool thing we didn't even know about till we got there!

Skiing and Snowboarding

We had a gorgeous morning for skiing.  The sun was shining, and the sky was clear!

After our breakfast, we went all the way to the bottom, and Robb traded in his snowboard for skis.

Here he is, skiing along

This was just one of many lifts on the 2 mountains

Nice view on top

It started to get a little cloudy, and our legs got tired.  Cross country skiing the day before didn't help much either.

My feet on one of my favorite snowboards, the Salomon Ivy.

On the top of a run, beautiful view!