Vail: Day 1

We flew into Denver and then rented a car to drive to Vail (see bottom of post for more on our rental car). After stopping to shop at the Coach, JCrew, and Banana Republic Outlets in Silverthorne, we headed to our destination. Our hotel, The Arabelle at Vail Square, was absolutely amazing! It's location was perfect (right at the base of the Eagle Bahn gondola) and the service was excellent. We actually had a personal butler. No lie. The personal butler pretty much did whatever we wanted (which was nothing), BUT, we could have had him draw our bath, unpack our bags, make dinner reservations, etc. Crazy. We highly recommend the Arabelle, but I think it is already booked out for the entire ski season!

Our hotel

Our room

The fireplace

The amazing bathtub

We finished out the day by eating at a REALLY good local pizza joint called Pazzo's Pizzeria and walking around Vail Village. Vail is such a charming little town!

We like to refer to our rental car as the "Aveo Fiasco." When we booked our reservation, we knew we weren't going to be getting a luxury car, but we had no idea it would be this bad. The Aveo is so small that it barely fit our bodies and two suitcases. The worst part was driving up to our hotel, where Valet parking is required. We literally pulled up to the hotel and there were only Corvettes, Volvos, Cadillacs, Mercedes, BMWs, etc. And we pulled up in the Aveo. Landon said he lost his mancard. Fair enough, it was pretty bad.