Holiday Inn Charlottesville-Universtyarea

... Madison Suite. Deciding not to drive far we ate in Orange at the Silk Mill. Completely below average - mediocre crab dip and crab cakes, edible fried shrimp. We drank Stone Mountain C******nay - I thought it was fine but Roger just said 'Bah!' when I asked him to remind me of the name. The service was good. <br><br>Ah! But the sheets on the bed at Holladay house were fantastic. The bed was ...

... down to the fibres which are then spun into the linen thread. Brilliant - and quite pleased to have introduced an educational element without the children realising it!<br><br>On our way back to Washington for our flight to Florida, our route took us through a small town called Appomattox Court House near Fredericksburg. I'm guessing that the majority of you will not have heard of this little place, but to Americans it is a highly significant ...

... 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>

<br>As we left Albany driving towards Charlottesville, i kept thinking how absurd it is that I have yet to ramble in my own backyard. I've lived in New York for years and yet, I've never traveled south of Philadelphia! Our first stop was Shepardstown, a beautiful college town with

... it came to pre-trip shopping. All told, I managed that pretty well. I ended up buying only a couple of books, both used, both written by Rick Steves: a pocket-sized German/Italian/French phrase book, and &#8220;Mona Winks&#8221; a humorous guide and walkthroughs of the highlights in Europe's top museums. Aside from &#8220;Mona Winks,&#8221; 100% of my research was done using online resources. Trip Advisor forums were integral. Being able to learn ...

... house&#8230; although grand for its day with many innovations, had a cosy feel. Understandably we were not allowed to take photos inside, but there are lots on the web site. All the &#8216;service&#8217; rooms &#8211; kitchen, stables, servant&#8217;s quarters etc were set below two terraces, with easy access to the house and positioned below the house and garden so as not to obstruct the view. <br>We also took the garden tour (of course) and ...

... selected a delcious bottle of their 2007 Viognier.  <br> <br>When we left the vineyard we drove around the area a bit and drove past some great walking trails and Monticello, which looked like a great place to visit.  We also happened upon a cute "village" where we checked out a gift shop filled with all sorts of fun area related items.  Then it was off to our friends for the night!  <br><br><br><br><br><br>

... I (Tanner) loved the food they served especially the Pork and Beans. We had a tour of the Tavern. We got to learn how to dance like they did in colonial times. We also saw kitchen appliances like the corn peeler. We learned how to play some of the games. Tanner was smoking the pipe but don't tell his mom. We saw other buildings like the kitchen, the necessary, the well, smokehouse, and the gift shop. Continued ...

... flowers of all types of variety...I am sure the garden tour would have provided the names of the different flowers. Looking back at the house, you see the familiar view of Monticello...the one on the back of the nickel. It is funny because of the long windows, the house looks like it only has one floor. However the house supposedly has three floors...of course that is what they say since no one was allowed on the other levels.

... myself and went in the wrong direction before correcting with the GPS. interstate was clear but i was sleepy even though it was only around 2200. five naps later, felt alert. doesn't bode well for the cross country drive. ran into heavy fog on I-81 in WV. bah, managed to survive without hitting anything.