Weekend in Harrisburg - November 2010

I decided to get out of town for the weekend.  On Friday the 5th I hopped on the 3:45 PM Amtrak train to Harrisburg.  I arrived at 5:30 and walked down to the Crowne Plaza.  This my first time using my Platinum status with my point system.  After I checked in I walked through downtown looking for the cool hangout spots.  I ended up at a place a few blocks from the hotel.  The had the Troegs Mad Elf on draft, which was awesome.  Had dinner and hung out a bit before calling it a night.

Saturday, I got up early and went searching for a Dunkin Donuts for my morning fix.  I found one not too far from the hotel.  I had my small camera with me so I went down to the river to check out that scene.  I arrive just as the sun was rising.  I took some good shots from the pedestrian bridge.  It was pretty chilly so I headed back to the hotel to warm up a bit before lunch and headed to Troegs. 

For lunch I walked down the street and found a great beer bar.  I had lunch and a few micro brews.  I then walked down to the Troegs brewery for the tour.  They have a large tap room to sample their line while you wait for the tour to begin.  The tour was about 45 minutes long, afterward I pick upped a few items in the giftshop then headed back to the hotel.  I chillied out for a few hours.

For dinner I walked over to the Appalachian Brewing Company.  They have a nice brewpub.  I hit it at a good time.  They had 20 brews on tap including a barleywine.    Had dinner a sampled most of their brews.  I ended up sitting next to a guy who worked for the Fliers.  Small world.  Headed to the hotel and hung out at the hotel bar for a bit before calling it a night.

Sunday morning I took the Amtrak back to Philly.
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