Econo Lodge North Charlottesville

... left sunglasses at various establishments all over the world I figure every store, restaurant, and winery must have a box full of them somewhere. So my mission before the end of the trip is to get someone to show me their box and let me pick out a pair.<br><br>By the time we left Prince Michel it was 5PM and a dark and stormy night. We called around and found Holladay House B&amp;B and took the ...

... and, unwittingly, we had timed our drive along the Skyline perfectly for the leaves to change to their Fall hues.<br><br>The Skyline runs for roughly 100 miles through the Shenandoah National Park, an area which was once populated by farmers and dotted with small holdings. Now, however, it has all been returned to its natural state and the trees have reclaimed the land. It was lovely &#8211; not spectacular, it has to be said &#8211; but it ...

... food, especially breakfast. Got some salmon hash that came like eggs benedict. IT WAS AMAZING!!!! First night we went to Fellini's and had a bottle of wine. It was really nice!! Definitely partied hard with these guys, although I could not really keep up. Had a blast. On the way down to Duck we stopped by his friend Stephen's. <br>

Europalooza: Our 34-Day, 5-Country Blitz Across the Pond<br><br>Us: Me (aka "Mom", age 43), K (girl, age 15), A (boy, age 13)<br><br>Some background information: Having befriended several European exchange students in high school, traveled to Sweden on my own at age 18, and then having lived in Germany for a couple of years (1984-1986), I was quite infatuated with Europe. I wish I had taken advantage of more opportunities to travel around while I was ...

<br>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 mountain in Italian. He did in fact travel extensively and spent 5 years in France as the American ambassador. His father, a surveyor, owned the land and Thomas as a boy would play up on the ...

... Hab da auch einen lustigen Althippie getroffen, der ein bisschen aussiegt wie Mickey Rourke in the Wrestler und der behauptet hat, mal die Reinkarnation von Hitler getroffen zu haben. Falls sein Anti-Religionsbuch tatsaechlich eines Tages erscheinen sollte, werd ichs glaub wirklich lesen. Ach und in mir hat er die Reinkarnation von Maria Magdalena gesehen und auch gleich versucht, einen religioesen Predigerspinner davon zu ueberzeugen. Leider erfolglos.;o)<br>

... out children that were getting id'd on their way in. Wait...Jeff and I didn't get id'd...oh God, we've gotten old. Seriously, sitting there watching these kids that could be my children drinking beer and smoking cigarettes was quite frightening I have to say. Although it was fun. The restaurant had open walls which was cool except for one small problem. The road outside (Main St) went under a major rail line bridge. So the clearance for the rail bridge was 10 feet ...

We had spent Wednesday night at Curt's parents house in Maryland so that we would be able to get an earlier start on Skyline drive.  The weather started out great, however as we got closer to Shenendoah National Park the sky looked like it was going to break open and begin pouring...not exactly what you'd want when your plans were to go hiking &amp; take in the view from Skyline Drive. <br><br>We stopped for ...

... a 1000 foot-long section where the various plantation crafts (blacksmith, carpenter, etc.) were performed. Besides the remains of the joinery (woodwork) chimney, there was not much to see on Mulberry row. All you would see are signs which state "here was where the XXX was located" and maybe you would have see some stones left from the foundation...you would need a lot of imagination. I walked the whole way down to Jefferson's ...

... ience. Ov**night then back to BRU. Next BRU -RUH Riadh, Saudi Arabia. Hum..... If you like to drink on you ov**night not a place to go lol......then back to BRU.... Two more round trips to LOS and back from BRU.. Met a lot of nice people......Virgin *****ia/Int**state crews you rock... good times. BRU via train to AMS Amst**dam, Holland. New crew loads of fun. AMS-TIP-JNB wow ...