AND I DID!
My stud of a man...other wise known as Christopher, flew me down to Virginia to see his family. While I was there I got to see how beautiful Virginia is, got to know his amazing family, and discover the treasure trove of history on the east coast.
While I was in Lynchburg I was able to see all of the old architecture and fell in love with all of the houses there. The variety of houses and how pretty they were blew my mind. I will rep Vegas until the day I die but, lets be honest every single house looks almost exactly the same.
Lynchburg is so full of history. I love diseases, not getting them or anything nasty like that just the problem solving behind how they happened, how they spread, and how they are stopped. (a.k.a Epidemiology--> definition can be found on good ol' Webster) In Lynchburg they have an old cemetery in with graves from the Civil War. Within that Cemetery they also had what was called the pest house which is where one of the first doctors practiced the idea of having a "clean work station." His main focus was on quarantining the soldiers who were stricken with small pox. Hi, cool guy you rock!
Then came Appomattox...In case you were wondering because well, I had no clue to be honest, Appomattox is where the treaty was signed to end the Civil War. This was in the parlor of the McLean house which we got to go into, also really cool. Then it was off to a hiking trip. We decided we wanted to conquer the highest peak in Virginia with Chris's whole family and his sisters friends, but during the first try the weather decided that was not going to happen. So we tried again the day Chris and I had to fly back and did it!
Then came Washington. Not the state Washington although thats cool and all but the capital, yep you heard it Washington DC. It was pretty much sweet. We saw the Capital, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Smithsonian Botanical Museum,The White House, the DC Temple and the Spy Museum. Although the traffic in DC is insane seeing all these cool places was worth it. Chris may disagree since he was the driver. The best part was seeing the DC temple its now on my list of top three favorite temples. I also loved the Lincoln Memorial, and some delicious Peruvian food.
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| In the air ducts at the spy museum |
Then last but not least I got to eat at the T-Room. Its famous they say and you can find it on the TV show Diners, Drive-in, and Dives. Which I love! When Chris first told me I would be eating a hamburger with an egg and relish and cheese on it I was like...hmm not happening! I held to that until we got there and the lady with 4 teeth convinced me that it would change my life...and it did. The Cheesey Western (its name) was very delicious and this tiny restaurant with super friendly people was one of my favorite parts.
The other best part was The Givens family book store and toy store. If you know me and my reading habits you would know that I was in heaven. It was such an awesome store with the coolest decorations and the most amazing people working there.
I had a blast on the east coast and although I missed home and family I loved every second of it.
How was your break?
