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Charlottesville Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Charlottesville, United States
A Quick weekend In Charlottesville!
... in such a small amount of time? :-) I think so. At least, the proof is in the pudding. Thanks Charlottesville's Mimi, Malissa, Marian, Tom, Glenn and, of course, all the kids! It is no secret that little Abby stole my heart ...
The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia
... 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 ...
Day 3 - Part 1 - Monticello
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 ...
Day 2 - Part 3
... . 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
... 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" ...
Start the trip out on little to no sleep -- check!
... the train just fine, of course. I had intentions of getting some shut-eye on the 2-and-a-half hour ride down to Charlottesville (where Meredith lives), but I way was too excited for any of that. Finally free from the stresses and distractions of DC and ...
Charlottesville Virginia
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 ...
Charlottesville via Shenandoah Valley Nat'l Park
... at the bar...see pix. I would like to mention that we had dinner at C&O in the historic district of Charlottesville - because..it was our best meal yet...and because Brian is convinced the guy sitting next to us was a celebrity evangelist...he ...
Day 17: Colonial Williamsburg
... 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
... X irgendeine 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 ...
UVA
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 ...
A Smile a Day: From the Top
Why are these people smiling? Is it anticipation for the premier of the next Twilight movie? The promising selection of candidates in the GOP primaries? Or the excitement tinged with fear of chicken-filled buses ...
16 days til I leave !
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 - ...
I Have the BEST Friends in the World
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 ...
Charlottesville Trips
... would be going really, really, really, awfully far. It was a can't wait to get out of here time. Now do I blame Charlottesville for these experiences. Yes, yes I do. But, it is kind of like when a bunch of people are at the site ...
Day 2: DC Touring and Lunch in Charlottesville, VA
... . 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 ...
The Final Climb at Mount Vesuvius
... '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 ...
yayy charlottesville
... 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
... 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 ...
Charleston to Charlottesville
... . 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. ...
Madison
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 ...
A Weather Day
... , so Lynnie was reading the directions and I got off the track. That was the only difficulty we had... The trip to the Charlottesville KOA is on the infernal Interstate, except for the last ten miles. We had rain off and on and got flood, wind ...
James Monroe - the forgotten President.
The interesting thing we have learned in our visits to Jefferson's, Madison's and now Monroe's homes is how tied together these early Presidents were. They were all part of the founding of our country. Jefferson was responsible for drafting ...
Day 1: Departure
... 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 ...
Jefferson Monroe
After a huge breakfast...like we don't have one daily...we drive to Monticello,Jefferson's life project and masterpiece.(11,000 acres at one time) If you haven't visited this house put it on your list. Jefferson was a genius. I can't even begin to ...