Christmas at Biltmore

 Last Tuesday, Michael and I made a quick trip to Biltmore to see the Christmas decor.  We were about to leave and hadn't took any pictures.  So we pulled over and took a few by the water. 

 

We also swung by his uncle's house...but didn't take any pics there. 

Vacation Time!

I didn't think it would ever get here!  I've been waiting for this vacation since March when I started those last three months of the hardest school year ever!  I couldn't wait to get away and spend some time with Michael.

So far we are having a terrific time.  We left out Monday and drove to Biltmore.  

   The theme of this trip thus far has been that we are wonderfully old people trapped in young bodies. Since we walked through the Vanderbilt's house last time with the audio tour, we decided to splurge this time and do a guided tour.  The first second that our fellow tourees weren't looking we cracked up.  We were by far the spring chickens on the tour. Everything we do we'll look around and realize that we are the only non-senior citizens around.  We have old taste :)  But I'm ok with that. Btw the tour was fantastic!  They take you to parts of the house that you don't usually get to see.  And the guide was very knowledgeable.  We plan to regroup with the seniors next time we go :).

We saw some different gardens and fountains that we missed last time. 

I'm including our self portrait even though it's not that great.  We took it early in the day before I had sweated out all the sweat in my body and discovered sweat glands I didn't know I had.  To put it mildly it was HOT!

My hair is cracking me up in this picture.  It was slicked back in a tight pony tail all day due to the suffocating heat.  I took it down for this one picture.  This girl's got volume! 

That's it...day one of vacation over.  We did have a nice supper out and then crashed from the exhaustion of the heated day. I woke up the next day with sore calves from all the uphill walking. 

My Favorite Biltmore Picture

I promise this is the last of my Biltmore pictures!

More Biltmore Pictures

Minication Part Two

    Friday evening, after Dolly Wood, we drove on to Canton, SC and spent the night.  Saturday morning after a quick breakfast we decided to give Biltmore another stab. 

I am in LOVE (with Biltmore and Michael).  We had an amazing trip.  We didn't even see everything there.  I was suprised by how much I really liked it.

      I loved all the history in the house.

And the gardens....

These pictures don't do it justice!

Oh the gardens....

beautiful.

      I'm hoping we'll get to go back soon while the flowers are still in bloom.