Embassy Suites Hotel Richmond-The Commerce Center

... prepared now. Between the books and the maps and the GPS in the car, I think we&#8217;ll be in good shape. They gave top marks to Gordes, so that will be top on the list of must-do events. This year is the 700th anniversary of the Pope coming to Avignon, so visiting his castle will be an important event too. While we mulled over maps, Alexis watched a French version of Survivor. How unfortunate that France too has been afflicted by the scourge of reality TV.<br>

So i didn't really plan to go to Richmond, but was forced to spend two hours th**e when my Greyhound bus was late coming in from Washington DC and I missed my connection by 5 minutes.<br><br>I put my bag in the line-up for the gate, so as to get myself a good window seat when the bus finally arrived, and sat down to do some reading. I had already been th**e for a good hour or so when a lady came and sat a couple of seats away from me. I ...

Travel pointers:<br><br>Except for telAviv and Jerusalem&#8230;.have a car. I can't tell you how many travelers we met that envied us with having a car. Especially in Galilee this gives you tremendous freedom and flexibility.<br><br>In a restaurant always ask for the check when you are ready.<br><br>10% is a standard tip, but be nice, play the friendly tourist and tip 15% for good service.<br><br>Respect customs ...

Well we started off right, but we hit lots of traffic on Rt. 95 heading into Mt.Vernon and Richmond. Made a historic pit stop at Mt. Vernon. Pretty impressive place. I almost embarrassed Kristi and had us kicked out for rubbing my face on General Washington's pillow. They take that stuff very seriously nowadays.<br><br>Then off to Richmond where we met Ryan and Kelly. First night...hotel...not bad. <br>We hit ...

Sunday July 26, 2009<br><br>Luba and I slept in until about 830am. Bevil and Stewart were, of course, up, dressed and waiting for us. Bevil and Stewart took us to O'Doul&#8217;s for breakfast and then afterwards took us to visit the family plot at the Hollywood Cemetery. It was great to see that Luba was actually interested to see where my father and family were buried. After a short ride through Richmond we headed back to the ...

... doing and took a sip of her milk. She just watch as he did this then when he put it down she moved it to the other side of the table so he could not reach it. Grandpa said the only thing missing were the RED-HATS. <br><br>We left Bumpass on Tuesday July 28th around 8:00 am to start our trip home. It will be good to get home but also I will be sad to miss my family in VA., but they are coming to visit us in September so it won't be to long

... confederate flag hat, and a big black family was waiting in line behind him... <br><br>So off we went. For the next 7 hours, we rode on 4 rollercoasters (Dominator, Volcano, Stunt Double?, and Flight of Fear) and a kiddie swing type of ride. That's right. 7 hours and 5 rides. This is why the Flash Pass at 6 Flags is the greatest invention ever. The rollercoasters themselves were really, really fun and sometimes even ...

... out Colonial Williamsburg. I was unimpressed. Watching people in historical costumes alternate between texting and bad acting isn't worth $40 to me. But the buildings were nice, and it was a pleasant little town to stroll around. But at no point did I feel I had been transported back to the 18th century. There's something less than authentic about vending machines with $3 bottles of water and ads announcing "Ye Must Be Thirsty. Quencheth It You Scallywag!" I ...

... hole. The other two guys struggled on the hole and we were definitely slowing the rest of the course. Since there was room ahead of us and I wanted to finish before the sun went down, I left the two and played on by myself. Another Tillinghast trademark are small greens with a lot of undulations...see Wing Foot as an example. My putting game was up to the challenge and I average less than 2 putts per green. I did not ...

... shop in sight, and after a while we saw the beautiful sign of the big golden M in non else than the local hospital. After eating the next stop was the Confederecy Museum, which has a nice exhibit of the civil war including people dressed up and ready to show you all kinds of things from their private collections of guns and swords. From there we went to the Viriginia Holocaust Museum, which is not big but very powerful. Our last stop in Richmond was the ...