A Drop In Your Bucket List

Posted by Susan Russo on October 6, 2016

I wanna travel with the
Russos!

Have you ever read one of our posts and found yourself saying, “Boy, I wish I could travel with the Russos”?
Of course you have! Now you will have a chance to cross that item off the old bucket list.

If you follow us you are aware that each holiday season we do a weekend trip to Bethlehem, PA. They don’t call it “Christmas City” for nothing. Each year the historic Moravian district puts up and lights over 800 trees, the merchants go overboard decorating their shops to provide an enticing environment and even provide a “live advent calendar”. There are themed walking tours, horse-drawn carriage rides and even a bus tour that have costumed guides telling the story of how the Moravians settled this area back in the 1700’s topping off with a climb up the mountain to see the famous Star of Bethlehem. The historic Hotel Bethlehem has a brass band playing carols in the street and it’s lobby is gorgeous when all dressed up. Find out what the “Putz” is and go see it! The southside arts district provides the LED display that illuminates the Steel Stax, former home of Bethlehem Steel and current home to the amazing Christkindlmarkt. An outdoor marketplace held in 2 huge heated tents, it provides a ton of vendors, a huge food court with all kinds of deliciousness, a stage with ongoing entertainment and an outdoor atrium area that hosts live glassblowing and ice carving exhibitions and live greenery like wreaths and swags.

Hob-knob with homeless musicians!

Chow down on fine food with Don.

Learn what this is

See fine crafts.

The Chriskindlmarkt

If all this wasn’t exciting enough there’s the Sands Casino and their high-end shopping mall! So if you don’t spend enough money in town at the shops and markets you can be like us and make a donation at the Sands. It’s all part of the fun. We may even take you to the famous NY Carnegie Deli located at the Sands. The iconic NYC location is closing at years end so this may be your last chance.

“So tell me Susan, how do I get in on this amazing adventure?” I’m glad to tell you. Send me a message. Let me know you are a fun seeker. Please, no morons. If you can’t behave respectfully in public stay home. We will not cart your inebriated ass all over Bethlehem. Pirates Code applies to the drunks & druggies: “He who falls behind shall be left behind”. However, if you are a somewhat respectable citizen capable of arriving on time and intact, “welcome”.

“What do I have to do?” You need to get thyself to Bethlehem, PA sometime on the weekend of December 16, 17, 18. We will probably arrive Friday night December 16 and depart sometime Sunday December 18. We will book a block of rooms at a non-hovel hotel somewhere near Bethlehem. We will provide you the opportunity to book one of the rooms by a specific date. You are more than welcome to provide your own accommodations and then just hook up with us. However, we do a lot of pre-festivities at our hotel so you might miss out on some good times. We will set an itinerary that includes trips to browse through town, the Chriskindlemarkt and the Casino. If there is enough interest, we will also do a historic bus tour and maybe 2 restaurant meals. We’ll let you know what’s available and you tell us what interests you. We’ve done all of it before and have no opposition to repeating anything. It’s all good stuff.

“Holy Crap! Of course I’m coming, how do I contact you?” Send me a private message on Facebook if you’re my ‘friend’. Leave a comment or message on our Carmageddon Facebook page or send me an email at: gensavmom@msn.com Serious inquiries only please.