After a beautiful drive through the Blue Ridge Mountains, we arrived in Asheville. First we met Ben Levine (Rebecca's broother) and his girlfriend Lauren. The four of us had a great time and a great meal at Lauren's house. Ben let us stay at his sparse bachelors pad. It was nice having the place to ourselves and we dubbed it "the hotel".
Lauren, Ben, Geo, Sean, and Nash licking his chops!
The next day we explored downtown and were told by many people that we came at the wrong time of year. It certainly was cold. The city is filled with cool art deco buildings that hold many galleries and cute stores. Asheville's ceramics trade is very prevelant.
my favorite building
Geo's favorite landmark
In the afternoon we explored the
North Carolina Arboretum. It was a very young and classic modern design. We enjoyed the bonsai'd and hedged American Beach trees and also the huge variety of Azalias.
Next we took a quick drive on the
Blue Ridge Parkway and then tried to drive by the
Biltmore Estate without paying to enter. We were told it was "private property" and we could not even enter the grounds. We did enjoy the "historical district" surrounding the area filled with strip malls and fast food places that were designed to look old. Weird.
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