Charlottesville Travel and Tourism Guide

The day of our road trip to central Virginia arrived! This was to be a perfect September weekend! The official last day of summer would see clear skies and temperatures around 85F (30C). Our daughter's friend spent the night at our house so we could get right on the road in the morning. Both were looking forward to the trip. We left at 8:00 AM, heading out of Springfield on the Fairfax County Parkway towards I-66.  Picking up I-66 at Fairfax, VA, we took it 14 miles through Manassas to G...

Written in Richmond, VA 19/06/82 My first tour on the big old Greyhound went alright, the service people there don't come much grumpier, but I can't blame them, I guess it's not the most exciting job. I had to be there an hour in advance, and got chatting to this american girl who was doing a big project on the European Union, couldn't believe it, good for her. I was slightly offended when she said she was against the European Union, like her opinion counts, she's american... I'd rather chat...

Back in 2005 a chance opened up for me to visit the east coast of the United States, including the nation's capitol. I gladly accepted.

Today we left for our trip to the Czech Republic.  I am really excited about this trip.  Yes because I get to go to the Czech Republic, but also because this is the first time I've travelled with the specific purpose of helping someone else.  Now because flying into Prague was $300 more expensive, we instead decided to fly into Dresden, Germany.  So our flights today (and tomorrow) consists of Charlottesville to Dulles, Dulles to Frankfurt and then (tomorrow) Frankfurt to ...