Charlottesville, United States Travel Blogs

The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia
Oct 24, 2009 (20 photos)

... to Georgia) they took the opportunity to have a snowball fight! We stayed the next couple of nights in Charlottesville, home to Thomas Jefferson’s mansion: Monticello.  We were very impressed by the house and by its ...

Not an ice cream!
Jun 24, 2009 (40 photos)

This a house we had wanted to visit as soon as we saw it in our guide book (as well as a huge recommendation from Larry) and we were not to be disappointed, the home of Thomas Jefferson sits atop a mountain, well hill really, Monticello means little ...

Day 3 - Part 1 - Monticello
Apr 23, 2008 (7 photos)

April 23 - Not Mr. Nish's Birthday Today we ate breakfast at the hotel. It was delicious. The water taste like chlorine. Gotta get used to it. We drove to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's house. It was very interesting and nice, but he wasn't ...

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Oct 15, 2007

  

Day 2 - Part 3
Apr 22, 2008 (1 photos)

... . Most of us fell asleep and Mr. Nish got some good photos of that. We checked into the hotel and then ate in Charlottesville - Court Square Tavern. The food was excellent but there was not much of it. The girls pigged out at WalMart afterwards. We ...

Return to Charlottesville
Oct 12, 2008 (5 photos)

... into a three story 21 room mansion. He was a keen gardener and the grounds reflect this passion. On return to downtown Charlottesville we walked the University of Virginia streets and found an iconic eating spot in the form of the "Virginian Restaurant" ...

The Calm Before...
Jun 1, 2007

Visit soon and it will be underway...

Charlottesville Virginia
Oct 10, 2008 (5 photos)

The boys were a little slow moving without the energetic Jennie to motivate for the flight from Jacksonville to Charlottesville via Charlotte. Excuses were put down to telephone calls coming through from Australia at 2.30 am and 3.00 am. Luckily a porter ...

Driving towards North Carolina
Oct 18, 2008

Mediocre

Day 17: Colonial Williamsburg
Jul 23, 2006 (8 photos)

... seem so much easier to see and understand now we've seen it from these perspectives. We traveled northwest to Charlottesville, leaving one of Thomas Jefferson's homes (Williamsburg, while he was governor of Virginia) to visit another (Monticello). ...

welcome to the south
Jun 14, 2009

... superwichtige Person, die es nicht noetig hat, im Buero zu sein, auf ihrer Ranch aufgesucht haben, war die Ortsangabe "Charlottesville." Auch die 9/11 commission hat hier getagt und Dick Cheney isst da manchmal mit seiner Frau zu Abend. (ich habs dann ...

UVA
Aug 29, 2008

 200 miles down, thousands to go. Got in to Charlottesville last night around 9 P.M and went strait to Mellow Mushroom to have pizza and a few pitchers with Adam and Curtis. We spent most of the night at Buddhist after dinner and just as we were about ...

I Have the BEST Friends in the World
Mar 10, 2005 (6 photos)

I just got back from the most fun weekend EVER! My awesome friends threw me a going away party in Charlottesville on Friday that rivaled even the silliest of UVA parties. Special awards go to Cary and Lacey for traveling the farthest (Athens, GA and ...

Day 2: DC Touring and Lunch in Charlottesville, VA
Aug 18, 2008 (13 photos)

... . C- they were sold out until next Saturday. What a kick in the nuts. Luckily, we had another planned stop in Charlottesville, I know, who the hell travels to Charlottesville for 1 place, let alone 2. The White Spot was supposed to just be our ...

16 days til I leave !
May 4, 2009

Am working on getting my phone ready for use in Europe. Trying to unlock it, so far without success. Evidently you get 5 chances and then it gets permanently locked. Maybe I'll let AT&T unlock it for me. Got prescription pills for 6 months - yikes. ...

The Final Climb at Mount Vesuvius
Jun 30, 2008

... 's rear tire and the spare inner tubes not inflating and Tom and Fred 25 miles further along the route not far from Charlottesville our final destination for the evening. The day took its toll on moral and pushed everybody to the limits but we pushed on ...

yayy charlottesville
Aug 29, 2008 (14 photos)

... old, all of our friends that went out last night drank only a couple beers and were ready to return  home by 11 b/c they have this very important thing called work...not sure what that's all about.. nick says it's bodos time...yayy charlottesville

Day 12
Mar 24, 2007

Monticello - Jefferson's House

Charlottesville
May 21, 2008

... be trying to measure myself against a town that was too perfect for me. But I highly recommend visiting. I could see myself in Charlottesville though. I liked the environment, and more so, the character of the town. Not to big, not to little, not too hot, ...

Charleston to Charlottesville
May 20, 2008

... .  After an adequate continental breakfast, we set off from the Charleston Day's Inn around 9 am and headed towards Charlottesville.  It was a very uneventful drive, but the scenery kept getting prettier and prettier as we drove north.  ...

Day 1: Departure
Sep 8, 2005 (10 photos)

... West Virginia, for your FANTASTIC invisible road signs) and continued on our loosely defined course. We headed down towards Charlottesville, taking a variety of scenic and secondary roads with great views of the mountains and trees. It's easy to forget ...

almost ready...
Jan 2, 2009

whadda day!  We returned only 3 days ago from Christmas festivities in Kansas to a whirlwind of packing, cleaning and preparing.  We're nearly ready to go, though there's still left to do and it's quarter til 11.  We're over packed, so I need to a little ...

Jeffersonian Day
Jan 25, 2008 (5 photos)

Today was an easy day......we had burnt ourselves out....running ....running...running....and decided we would sleep late...which was wonderful.  We then went to Montecello and had another wonderful tour, and history lesson.  Then spent the day ...

UVA Rocks
Jan 24, 2008 (1 photos)

It took us longer than we thought getting here.....as we took Skyline Drive....which overlooks the Shenandoah Valley....and though beautiful .....it got a bit tedious after a while......then we got lost.......The good news is .....none of  snapped ...

Day Two: History Lesson (cont.)
Jun 10, 2000

4:42 - Welcome to Virginia. Allison lied. She parked NEAR Georgetown. Oh well. 4:44 - Make a wish. 4:47 - off to Charlottesville, VA. 5:02 - More traffic on 66W. Sucks. Finally we are through the traffic all because one car got in an accident and the ...

Monticello - Jefferson's Home
Oct 18, 2008 (14 photos)

Cont'd Monticello was a 10 minute drive away. We toured Jefferson's house. Some of his inventions were: the copy writer - makes two copies in your own hand writing as you write the original, the dumb waiter which brought up food from the kitchen in the ...

Michie Tavern
Oct 18, 2008 (31 photos)

October 18 We drove about 2 and half hours to Michie's Tavern in Charlottesville, Virginia. We also got to see a former Hongwanji Mission School student named Sheridan and her parents who moved to North Carolina.  We ate lunch at the tavern. They ...

Let's all move to Charlottesville!
May 26, 2008 (37 photos)

In case you haven't been here Charlottesville is probably the nicest place west of, well the west. The ride from Richmond to Charlottesville was really nice lots of rolling hills, a few knee busting, and a few easy breazy. We got to meet some of the yocals ...

Madison
Nov 18, 2005

Today our last day here...we see James Madison's house, Montpelier. The land originally belonged to his Grandfather. James Madison Sr. constructed Montpelier. James Madison went to Princeton in 1769-1772. Drafted the Bill of Rights.He married Dolley in ...

Charlottesville
Nov 29, 2006

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