Monday, August 27, 2012
Vacation Part 1: Ashville, NC
N&A: Mama is a total blog slacker and hasn't posted since May. The only way to catch up at this point is to cut our losses and start with photos from our recent "Tour del Est". And hope that she'll get her act together and post regularly from here on in.
This was a great trip with 7 different modes of transportation: airplane, car, metro/subway, bus, train, canoe, and foot (just the 7 blocks from Port Authority to Penn Station). We visited many friends we hadn't seen in a long time, enjoyed new places and new-to-us but special to Mama and Papa places, ate lots of good food, and kept relatively well entertained and/or slept during long travel segments.
First stop Ashville, North Carolina, where we visited Steve and Peggy. If there is one word for Ashville it is "creative". This place is hopping with art, music, food, and beer (we enjoyed the first three, while Papa enjoyed all four). We (Noah, Mama, and Papa) also loved visiting Steve and Peggy at their former home in Sitka, Alaska -- they are 2 for 2 with great places to visit, but we can see how this one suits them best.
N: Steve and Peggy's place is an old car dealership that has been converted into condos with high ceilings and great views of the city and surroundings (yes, they used to park cars up there). I enjoyed punching in the door code and being the elevator operator. Lots of old industrial buildings near the river have been transformed into a "River Arts District", where I got to see glassblowers in action -- I was very impressed by the 2000 degree furnace.
This was a great trip with 7 different modes of transportation: airplane, car, metro/subway, bus, train, canoe, and foot (just the 7 blocks from Port Authority to Penn Station). We visited many friends we hadn't seen in a long time, enjoyed new places and new-to-us but special to Mama and Papa places, ate lots of good food, and kept relatively well entertained and/or slept during long travel segments.
First stop Ashville, North Carolina, where we visited Steve and Peggy. If there is one word for Ashville it is "creative". This place is hopping with art, music, food, and beer (we enjoyed the first three, while Papa enjoyed all four). We (Noah, Mama, and Papa) also loved visiting Steve and Peggy at their former home in Sitka, Alaska -- they are 2 for 2 with great places to visit, but we can see how this one suits them best.
A: I enjoyed meeting this and many other "wau-waus" at the farmer's market, where, by the way, we also got authentic German pretzels.
N: I loved getting to spend time with Steve and Peggy -- Peggy and I painted together, and Steve played this game with me.
N: Steve and Peggy's place is an old car dealership that has been converted into condos with high ceilings and great views of the city and surroundings (yes, they used to park cars up there). I enjoyed punching in the door code and being the elevator operator. Lots of old industrial buildings near the river have been transformed into a "River Arts District", where I got to see glassblowers in action -- I was very impressed by the 2000 degree furnace.
# posted by Brynne Harald Noah @ 9:18 PM 
