The day was beautiful, and it was a unique experience being completely on my own for such a trip. I ate lunch at the first place that took my fancy (had an award winning Reuben sandwich - yum!). I brought my edits and contentedly worked in the glorious 70-something degree weather.
When I was ready to go, I hied off to the Biltmore, deciding to walk to the house from the parking lot instead of take the shuttle. Good choice!
Once in the house, which was delightfully uncrowded, I indulged in a tour. The Architecture tour talked all about how the house was built, and took you up the the nooks and crannies of the roof so you could see all the fun details up close and personal. You know, like this gargoyle's butt:
Which I decided to take a picture with:
After the tour was over, I indulged in the fresh made ice cream. And you know, after 80 million steps in the architecture tour, I totally earned it!
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| And yes, this is a KID sized cone O-0 |
A gargoyle butt! Haha! Love these pics...would love to go visit that beautiful place with you some day:)
ReplyDeleteWe were there the next week and I only wish we lived closer than 8 hours... several years ago we did the behind the scene tour - saw rooms undergoing rennovation, servants areas.. Would have loved to done the 'maid's tour' but we were running short of time.
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