A visit to the home of one of America's finest!

Tuesday evening in Roanoke comprised our eating a nice meal in a convivial 'TGI' atmosphere. We'd originally planned to reacquaint ourselves with a local 'Carrabas' Italian eatery, but having driven there to find it had closed-down and then got lost, resulting in a several-mile drive in frantic traffic, we ate close to or base. Today we hit the road shortly after 9:00am and headed further north towards Charlottesville, Virginia. The journey took about two hours and we passed some remarkable mountain scenery. As we closed-in on our final destination, we first visited Monticello, the beautiful mountain home and estate of Thomas Jefferson. Anyone finding themselves in the area should make a similar visit.

Jefferson's house is built along classical Roman lines and took forty years to build. Not showy, but a very liveable, spacious, abode ..... and full of original artefacts. Its small wonder that this is a World Heritage site, especially as Jefferson drafted and co-signed the Declaration of Independence, was President, and founded the University of Virginia .... amongst other things!

Mid-afternoon, we drove the short distance to the Doubletree in Charlottesville, to escape the heat and catch the World Cup. Since we listened to Sirrus XM Sounds of the Sixties today, I decided to post an appropriate Kinks' hit "Sunny Afternoon", today.