Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Charlottesville, VA for Thanksgiving. We are really rolling with the American history thing. I think they loved parts of trip mainly visiting the ships, the Indian village and the re-enactment fort and trade houses.
Ice skating in Williamsburg's Merchant Square.
O'Neill was sweet to push Rebecca around.
Drum and fife parade was really entertaining.
the armory - one of the oldest original buildings
Lots of walking. Clearly we are not ready for Disney.
Our Thanksgiving dinner in an original tavern where George Washington visited.
indoor hotel pool
Jamestown Fort
Roasting a pig and learning the cuts of the meat. (just like Ireland)
Stirring the pot to make beer...
O'Neill wanted to take this cannon home
The three ships that sailed for 4 months across the Atlantic.
Inside the hull of the ship
Turning the wheel to make wheat into flour... talk about tough living
the Indian village
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
James Madison's Monte Pilliar. We learned about the lives of James and Dolly Madison.
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello (little mountain in Italian) We all really enjoyed the inventions TJ created.
We will never look at the nickel the same again :)
Picking (Fuji) Apples. The kids really wanted to pick apples and the loved it. They were so fresh and juicy and crunchy. This might have been their only fruit they ate the whole trip. (Victoria was in my tummy when JZ and I first picked the apples!)
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