Hats off to Colonial Williamsburg!

A week ago, my husband and I got year long passes to historic Williamsburg. I have always loved roaming around the historic town and it was no surprise to me when our oldest daughter fell in love with it when she went to college there. I couldn't imagine living across the street from Market Square. How heavenly that would be.

Walking through the Governor's Palace kitchen, we saw dishes custom to that era. In the palace, it's surprising to see linen spring loaded shades and Venetian blinds like were used back in the day. Eating at the old taverns gave insight into dining then and the duplicated coffee house was a treat too. We got to choose between coffee or hot chocolate, which turned out to be almost pure chocolate spiced with cinnamon.

I always enjoy looking at folks in costume. You see Colonial Williamsburg employees in their outfits and at the Visitor's Center, you can rent costumes for members of your family. I love snapping photos of children wearing these costumes, always from the back, so you can't identify the child. I respect parents' wishes to keep their kids anonymous. 

We've been after dark on the ghost tour as well. Walking past the cemetery can be scary at night when hearing ghost tales and one particular house, the Peyton Randolph house had an interesting story. I have it on pretty good authority that there are haunts around the palace, especially at night. I'm sure there are some local ghost books around to back that up. Wow, maybe I should have saved this post for October 31!

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