"In the beginning, all America was Virginia" as an inscription goes.
She's historic and beautiful, - was what I thought the moment I set foot on the place....a t least, on that little bit of Virginia. Had the chance to go around some when we brought Elise, my daughter Bing's second one, back to school at the Washington and Lee University -in Lexington. This was after a break.
This is the Jamestown Settlement at Williamsburg....depicting 17th century colonial Virginia..
Flags of the States of America- at the entrance
The Powhatan Indian village recreated at the outdoors...depicts the culture of Virginia's original inhabitants.....
The Settlement Museum... chronicling the history of America's first permanent English colony.
The Monticello , a historical site just outside of Charlotsville, Virginia. - the autobiographical masterpiece of Thomas Jefferson. -
Jefferson's House . 'designed and redesigned for 40 years....'
...in person and in stone... :)
The historic gardens....
.....said to be a botanic showcase. The architectural structure down by the vegetable gardens was where Jefferson would spend quiet moments .. mostly in reading books.
Elise and Anika....
An interesting piece: - a parasite tree on another....
The tomb of Thomas Jefferson:-
The Virgina Beach.....
Bing at our hotel balcony trying to feed the seagulls....
A time recapture of Jonathan Livingston Seagull?
Lexington, Virginia -
The Virginia Military Institute
The St Patrick's Chapel - where VMI Cadets serve during Sunday Masses
A couple of Buddist landmarks -compliments of Kushal (Harjani)
A Thangka Painting (found inside this Meditation Hall)
Anika, Kushal, Elise -
The Washington and Lee University
Out of W&L now and elsewhere .........
The Italian Tuscany Resto
And so forth and so on......
And then the drive back home.....
January 2011
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