Let me preface this post with a little fact about me: I travel. A lot. I have seen a lot of this country. I have not seen anything as gorgeous as the
Biltmore property. That's huge. The photo above is from the balcony of the home. Insane views.
Jackson taking in the view. I think he is so cute.
I really loved the view, obviously. :)
This was a part of the grounds. It reminded me of the Mall in D.C.
SERIOUSLY. This used to be a single-family home. It is still the largest home in the United States. It is estimated that building it again today would cost upwards of $250M. Wow.
There had to be shuttle vans to drive the visitors around because there was just that much ground to cover...roughly 125,000
beautiful acres.
We shot this quick photo from the car as we drove by after our tour hence it being a little lop-sided. Oops. :) The tickets are pretty pricey (upwards of $50 each), but Jackson scored us free tickets from a work friend. I love when that happens. I enjoyed my tour more since it was free. ;) There are 4 floors, a basement and a sub-basement. It had everything you could ever need, but was a little fancy for my taste. HA!
We enjoyed our tour, did a little shopping and then headed over to the winery. It was 4 miles from the house, but still on the property. The place is just huge. We had a really good lunch and did some wine tasting. It was another gorgeous fall day and we sat outside for about an hour just taking in the view and enjoying the sun. It was such a nice visit.
Tonight we ventured out to downtown
Asheville for dinner. We went a place called Barley's Tap Room and Pizzeria. There was live music that made my ears bleed (think
Phish-style), but the food was amazing. (NOTE:
Asheville is a very earthy town. It reminds us a lot of Boulder and San Francisco.) Jackson had one of the best
sandwiches he'd ever had with the best potato salad I've had commercially. I had a
calzone that rivaled that of City Pizza in West Palm Beach (a huge compliment!). We just had fun hanging out and complaining about the "
trippy music." We're not sure what tomorrow will bring except for our flight home at 5, but I'm sure it will be fun! :)
Let me preface this post with a little fact about me: I travel. A lot. I have seen a lot of this country. I have not seen anything as gorgeous as the Biltmore property. That's huge. The photo above is from the balcony of the home. Insane views.
Jackson taking in the view. I think he is so cute.
I really loved the view, obviously. :)
This was a part of the grounds. It reminded me of the Mall in D.C.
SERIOUSLY. This used to be a single-family home. It is still the largest home in the United States. It is estimated that building it again today would cost upwards of $250M. Wow.
There had to be shuttle vans to drive the visitors around because there was just that much ground to cover...roughly 125,000 beautiful acres.
We shot this quick photo from the car as we drove by after our tour hence it being a little lop-sided. Oops. :) The tickets are pretty pricey (upwards of $50 each), but Jackson scored us free tickets from a work friend. I love when that happens. I enjoyed my tour more since it was free. ;) There are 4 floors, a basement and a sub-basement. It had everything you could ever need, but was a little fancy for my taste. HA!
We enjoyed our tour, did a little shopping and then headed over to the winery. It was 4 miles from the house, but still on the property. The place is just huge. We had a really good lunch and did some wine tasting. It was another gorgeous fall day and we sat outside for about an hour just taking in the view and enjoying the sun. It was such a nice visit.
Tonight we ventured out to downtown Asheville for dinner. We went a place called Barley's Tap Room and Pizzeria. There was live music that made my ears bleed (think Phish-style), but the food was amazing. (NOTE: Asheville is a very earthy town. It reminds us a lot of Boulder and San Francisco.) Jackson had one of the best sandwiches he'd ever had with the best potato salad I've had commercially. I had a calzone that rivaled that of City Pizza in West Palm Beach (a huge compliment!). We just had fun hanging out and complaining about the "trippy music." We're not sure what tomorrow will bring except for our flight home at 5, but I'm sure it will be fun! :)
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A weekend away sounds amazing!!! All the views are gorgeous! Looks like you two had a perfect weekend together!
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