Hi everyone! Welcome to another “Being a Tourist In:…” post on Allison in Wonderland! These are some of my favorite posts to spend time writing and I’m so excited to share my latest travel adventures with you. Let’s get into it!
I went to Alexandria, Virginia with one of my good friends from college last weekend and it was my very first time there! It was only about an hour and a half from my house in Maryland so not a bad drive at all to see somewhere so adorable. We also were visiting on a week day so traffic wasn’t horrible and I got there in a good amount of time! Even before I got out of the car in the parking garage, I could already tell it was going to be a place I’d want to come back to! The townhouses reminded me of the townhouses I’ve seen in Brooklyn and Georgetown and it was so fun to walk up and down the brick and cobblestone streets. They have a really developed main street in Alexandria where most of the shops and restaurants are and that’s where we spent most of our time! There were a ton of cute, little boutiques that are unique to Alexandria but they also had some normal, mall-type stores like Anthropolgie and H&M.
Alexandria is also really nice because it’s located on the water – it’s actually right across the river from the National Harbor in Washington, D.C.! At the end of the main street where all the shops are is a super cute dock area where they have some seafood restaurants and beautiful places to take photos! We spent a good amount of time there, walking up and down the waterfront streets, looking at all the picture-perfect houses. They were so cute! Another thing that was cool was that they have a trolley in this city! We didn’t have a chance to ride it, but it goes all around and stops about every two blocks so you can hop on and off when you’re shopping or walking around.
I really, really loved Alexandria – I couldn’t believe I’d never been there before! I’ll definitely be going back in the future so be on the look out for another blog post about this beautiful place. Check back next week for a post all about first date ideas! Thanks for reading!
