The Biltmore Estate was built in the 1890s as a private home of George Vanderbilt. It is a 250 room, French - Renaissance Chateau and is America's largest private residence. It is truly beautiful. See the photographs.
On the Biltmore's 8,000 acre estate, we also toured the Biltmore Winery. We had a red wine and chocolate truffle tasting, which was pretty boring. Would not recommend it. The free tasting that you get with your pass is much more fun, because you can taste pretty much the whole wine list if you want. We did that before our fancy tasting.
Asheville is called the hippest city in the South. We thought it was pretty hip: every waiter we had was totally gay (also, we think we may have passed a drag santa parade); there are art galleries and exhibitions all around; all storefronts have either a Buddha, a Shiva, or a Tibetan Tangka painting; stuff is all labeled "organic" and "free trade". . . We had a great time strolling around, even though it was cold and rainy and grey. Had an amazing lunch at Laughing Seed. Fantastic, healthy, delicious food. They also played great music while we were there… angry girl type of music (shout out to Kavita!) and lounge.
Then to World Coffee Co. and had tsirimisu and coffee. Our two hours on the meter was up, so, back to the RV, to maneuver our house carefully back through the city streets. Streets with curbs and traffic and sharp right turns and parking meters flush with the side of the road and…
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Soundtrack (Laughing Seed):
Portishead (Nobody Loves Me Its True)
Poe (Angry Johnny)
Groova Armada (At the River)
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