Holiday Inn Monticello Charlottesville

... Everything was spotlessly clean. And the breakfast was even better. Broiled grapefruit (a little brown sugar, cinnamon and raisins on top), creme brulee french toast, bacon, fantastic coffee and orange juice. Sharon (the innkeeper) is just as helpful and sweet as can be. She is sending us on our way with wine tasting coupons into a dark and stormy day.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br ><br>

... site: some would say "the birthplace of the nation". This is where the Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to the Yankee General Ulysses Grant, which effectively signalled the beginning of the end of the American Civil War. Visiting it helped us put together the various strands of knowledge we had been laboriously piecing together since arriving on the East Coast and we now feel that we have a much better understanding of the key ...

Um....yeah. Red wine, pinot noir, is my new friend. Got rowdy with Aaron and Luca. Kelly and Ed made an appearance as well. Went to the UVA vs William and Mary because we got free tickets from a gentleman named Davies. He had walked in on us smoking and could not have been any cooler. And even though UVA lost we had fun anyway. Lots of ...

<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

... others&#8217; experiences and bounce ideas off locals was hugely beneficial. I can&#8217;t say enough good things about Trip Advisor. <br><br>I also purchased the following items: a Blackberry 8830 World Edition phone (capable of being used in Europe with the correct SIM card), the correct SIM card purchased from Alltel, an HP &#8220;Mini&#8221; netbook computer, a Canon Digital Rebel XSi camera, a fisheye lens and various batteries and ...

... Mulberry Row tour, which painted a very vivid picture of life as a slave. This was a &#8216;street&#8217; 1000ft. long, a rough track lined with mulberry trees along about 100 slaves lived and worked at one time there were 17 buildings along it, but as they were mostly wooden structures, little survives today. It must have been a constant dilemma for Jefferson, he depended on slaves to run his plantation and estate and yet declared that ...

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 ...

Cont'd Dinner was at an Italian Restaurant called Espresso Italian Villa - surprise, pasta again. Tanner had a dream that pasta was attacking him. Spencer had a dream that he ate spaghetti and meatballs. It came true for dinner. During the bus ride back, the boys conquered the girls in a Q and A hosted by Mr. Washington. All questions were about Virginia. Continued ...

In case you haven't been here Charlottesville is probably the nicest place west of, well the west. The ride from Richmond to Charlottesville was really nice lots of rolling hills, a few knee busting, and a few easy breazy. We got to meet some of the yocals, we sweated all the way through Bumpass VA, camped in the back of the fire station in Mineral where the people too ...

surprised i remembered as much about the place as i did. think the previous time i was there was middle school though i think i went in elementary school, too. can't remember if i went with my family before this or after. pretty sure it was after.