Hubby and I had the best time in Asheville NC. We managed to drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway and view beautiful scenery, stop for a mama black bear and her two cubs as they crossed the parkway in front of us, hike to a waterfall, eat lots of yummy foods, drink a good selection of Craft Beers and cocktails, enjoy some tasty homemade desserts, tour The Biltmore Estate which was fabulous and made me feel like I was back in Europe again - rain included!, listen to live music, do lots of walking, drive by the HGTV Urban Oasis home giveaway and just relax and spend time together. We left Philly on Wednesday morning before the Pope arrived for the weekend, and an hour later we were landing in Charlotte NC. We picked up our rental car and drove to our hotel. We'd picked a hotel in the downtown area so we wouldn't have to drive anywhere at night when we went out for dinner. It was perfect as there were so many cute little shops to browse around and loads of places to eat and drink. Our first night there, after walking around town for a while, we found ourselves at The Wicked Weed and following a recommendation from a pin I'd pinned from Pinterest we ordered the glazed Brussels sprouts with bacon and were not disappointed! To drink, Hubby had a couple of beers but as I don't really drink beer I had the pomegranate cayenne margarita - it was delish! On our walk back to the hotel we stopped in at the French Broad Chocolate Cafe for dessert and freshly made hot chocolate. The perfect way to end our first evening! The next few days were spent walking around town or out sightseeing in the area and in the evenings we went out to different restaurants and bars/pubs. All too soon Sunday arrived and we were heading back to Philly. Asheville was definitely a fun place to visit with lots to see and do and was the perfect mini vaca!
So for my Photo-a-day pics I decided to share a few from our trip
The first is of Maddie checking out our luggage just before we left. Next is our first stop at the airport! Then it's drinks at The Wicked Weed followed by hot chocolate at The French Broad Chocolate Cafe. Mama heading into the trees to find her cubs (she was a lot closer but that's how it came out on my iphone). Crabtree waterfall that we hiked to. The HGTV giveaway home. The greenhouse/Orangery at Biltmore in the walled garden. An adorable little statue that we passed most days in downtown Asheville and lastly the best dessert and coffee shop True Confections.
I had this written a while ago but hadn't attached my pics so sorry for that. Hope to have a few things to show for the craft fair next time but I may just wait until everything is done and photograph it all in one go, so until next time...
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