Today we are going to Historic Colonial Williamsburg. It is an hours drive, so we started super early, and I got to ride with Anna, Amanda, Uncle Bob and Aunt Sue on the drive! We finally arrived at the visitors center, and after meeting up with the rest of the crew, boarded the shuttle to the actual town. Williamsburg is a beautiful place with tons to see and do. Just walking down the street seems like you have gone back in time! Ladies and Gents in Colonial dress roam the streets and greet you with a formal “Good Day”. Real carriages sweep down the streets very regularly, and some of these people actually work here full time to manage the old fashioned shops that line the streets. It is amazing to walk into these shops and talk to people who actually practice this trade and know what they’re doing, not just reenacting. Everything that they make is by hand, and from pretty much raw materials, just like it would be in the real Williamsburg.
We also got to take tours of two buildings, the old Capitol, and the Governor’s Palace. The tour of the Capitol was very interesting, and the lady who guided the tour told us about the building, the politics around it and the decisions made in it. What really struck me about the tour though, was that in the middle, she told the children in the room “I know these politics may seem boring to you now, but when you grow up you will have to deal with the problems in our government, and the mistakes that we made, and you are going to have to make your own decisions in our government too.” The next tour, the Governor’s Palace, was very fun. Our tour guide knew how to incorporate the building and architecture with the story of the Governor’s family. She let us through the rooms, pointing out all of the expensive details that were carefully worked into the home, and telling the story of the mob that stormed the palace. She explained also that there was not a completely right and wrong side to the Revolutionary war, because although our cause to create our own country might have been right, some of our actions were not.
Williamsburg was so much fun, but now we’re all exhausted and ready to get back to the lake house for a good night’s sleep.
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