G.G.T. Tibet Inn Burlington

... br>Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888-1960) founded Shelburne Museum in 1947 to display her collections. She took the imaginative step of collecting 18th and 19th century buildings from New England and New York in which to display the Museum's holdings, relocating 20 historic structures to Shelburne including houses, barns, a meeting house, a one-room schoolhouse, a lighthouse, a jail, a general store, a covered ...

October 19, 2009<br><br>We drove to the ski town of Stowe and spent a sunny afternoon biking along the river, the path criss-crossing the river by way of ten bridges, bordering pastures and farms. The leaves are falling and the colors fading but it was still a pleasant ride ending at the Brookdale covered bridge. <br><br>

Left Bennington this morning (32 degrees!), and rode through small villages and beautiful countryside to The Shelburne Museum. We had 3 hours to explore it and only scratched the surface. It would be impossible to describe what the Shelburne is like, so this link to their web site will do it more justice than I ...

... who knew??) Then off to see an apple cider mill, and then to Ben &amp; Jerry's factory for a tour and some ice cream. It just so happens that this weekend was a big festival in Stowe, the fall colors are in full swing, AND it's a 3 day weekend for most over here (Columbus Day), so we had 6000 of our closest friends with us most of the day. That evening we had a great meal and then back "home" to crash. By the way, this is a very nice ...

... and old motel repainted as a La Quinta. I really like the hotels La Quinta builds, and HATE the ones they buy and repaint.<br><br>Burlington is a wonderful, lively college town, and it is full of coffee shops, bars, restaurants, and clubs. With its waterfront on Lake Champlain, it is wonderfully scenic. We had dinner in a seafood restaurant overlooking the ferry dock. We ...

The verdant hills of Vermont and the crisp, sunny days that met us there, eased me back into the U.S. after a week steeped in francophone sophistication and grace. A few days in Burlington, with super cool couple, Scott &amp; Mildred and their adorable twins, Stigs and Marcello, allowed us to take it easy and experience downtown ...

... br>- Admired the scenery as we drove through the Adirondack Mountains. Bri asked what the Adirondacks were known for. Christen said chairs. And Dirty Dancing. <br>- Christen insisted upon maneuvering around tolls, which was important after paying about $20 (no exaggeration) over the last three days. <br>- Ate macrobiotic, vegan lunch of vegan sushi rolls and buckwheat noodle salad. Loved the sushi rolls. Buckwheat noodle salad made us vomit ...

... planes aircon.  It wasn't till the next morning she realized where it was coming from and managed to turn it off.  She was quite miserable and decided to stay in the RV and nurse herself while I went to Thunder Road to watch the racing.  The racing was on a small 1/4 mile track and was non-stop action from the moment we got there till when we left.  I had a pit pass which allowed me to enter the pits, you sure had to have ...

I'm kind of nervous, but at the same time, not so much. I guess I can't really decide. I don't feel nervous like I do in performances or how I did in swim meets, but there's this strange sense of not knowing what's going to happen, which I don't think I've really felt since I left Seattle for Orientation and SESP. Not that everything since then has been so predictable, but there aren't many times when I just go somewhere and do something ...

... don't have 180 hours to sit and listen to all we want to say. Another difficulty is that during our walk we were generally treated as heroes. People were excited to host us and meet us and talk with us. They fed us royally and treated us as though we were special. We almost forgot how to cook and clean. But now we're just ordinary people again who have to deal with the everyday stuff. When we first returned our house sitters still lived with us for ...