Monday
Dec012008
A Journey Back in Time
Monday, December 1, 2008 at 10:50PM
Tuesday, my mom, Michaela, Christian, Eliana, and I found a path that led us to another place. It was a beautiful day for such a wonderful “trippe.”
This is one of the first buildings we encountered. I thought it was so quaint-a tailor’s shop. Genteel, even.
This is Bruton Parish, which has been an active church in our country since early colonial times. It was also the church where Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Patrick Henry worshiped. It still has a large and active congregation and many Sunday services.
The kids thought this was neat; actually, we all did. Michaela thought of Almanzo, in Farmer Boy.
We saw many carriages riding around, and intended to look into riding in one.
We went into one of the shops and Christian showed us what a gentleman he is...
And I also noticed this...
Maybe I could have survived colonial times after all.
A little bit of pretty-
We continued on our way, down this lovely lane in Colonial Williamsburg.
There was a bit of variety in the buildings; some of them looked more like what you might expect from several hundred years ago, and some had a more “modern” look.
There were places to eat, find lodging, make purchases, or acquire services.
We saw the Capitol...but only from the outside. You had to have a special pass to get in.
We have a tradition whenever we visit Colonial Williamsburg. We always stop in at the Sir Walter Raleigh Tavern for a treat and a hot chocolate. This year, Michaela chose a roll! Christian wanted a chocolate chip cake (a.k.a. a cookie). They both had hot chocolate.
Thank you, Sir Walter Raleigh, for your kinde and generous hospitalitie to the foreigners in your towne.
Many good folks were out and about on this fine day of our visit. I took the liberty of photographing them...
And speaking of liberty, these fellows were discussing the importance of freedom, the tyranny of Britain’s taxing governors, and what may come of such things (I think...).
The children sat down for a chat with a woman who was outside of the post office.
I’m sure they brought this on themselves...
That may have done the trick to teach Christian a lesson, especially. His arms would be mighty tired at the end of the day!
I thought this was amazing. And beautiful. And cool.
As we came to the close of our walking tour, we passed by some more lovely homes...Mom really liked this first one.
We had so much fun together. It was a neat way to spend the morning. I do wish we had looked into one of the carriage rides. That will be something to look forward to next time!
This is Bruton Parish, which has been an active church in our country since early colonial times. It was also the church where Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Patrick Henry worshiped. It still has a large and active congregation and many Sunday services.
The kids thought this was neat; actually, we all did. Michaela thought of Almanzo, in Farmer Boy.
We saw many carriages riding around, and intended to look into riding in one.
We went into one of the shops and Christian showed us what a gentleman he is...
And I also noticed this...
Maybe I could have survived colonial times after all.
A little bit of pretty-
We continued on our way, down this lovely lane in Colonial Williamsburg.
There was a bit of variety in the buildings; some of them looked more like what you might expect from several hundred years ago, and some had a more “modern” look.
There were places to eat, find lodging, make purchases, or acquire services.
We saw the Capitol...but only from the outside. You had to have a special pass to get in.
We have a tradition whenever we visit Colonial Williamsburg. We always stop in at the Sir Walter Raleigh Tavern for a treat and a hot chocolate. This year, Michaela chose a roll! Christian wanted a chocolate chip cake (a.k.a. a cookie). They both had hot chocolate.
Thank you, Sir Walter Raleigh, for your kinde and generous hospitalitie to the foreigners in your towne.
Many good folks were out and about on this fine day of our visit. I took the liberty of photographing them...
And speaking of liberty, these fellows were discussing the importance of freedom, the tyranny of Britain’s taxing governors, and what may come of such things (I think...).
The children sat down for a chat with a woman who was outside of the post office.
I’m sure they brought this on themselves...
That may have done the trick to teach Christian a lesson, especially. His arms would be mighty tired at the end of the day!
I thought this was amazing. And beautiful. And cool.
As we came to the close of our walking tour, we passed by some more lovely homes...Mom really liked this first one.
We had so much fun together. It was a neat way to spend the morning. I do wish we had looked into one of the carriage rides. That will be something to look forward to next time!
Reader Comments (2)
What a wonderful opportunity! Looks like everyone had fun.
How fun! I have always wanted to go there but never have gotten the chance. the one time we were in DC we just had too many other things going to be able to do it. Some day I hope to take our boys there. Thanks for sharing all these great pictures!