The Next Day - Williamsburg

The best thing about Williamsburg is how it made you realize how men fought to be free of British rule and to start their lives new in America at great cost not only to themselves but to their families, too. After driving about an hour, we arrived in time to see a re-enactment of those early days.

We felt sorry for the actors for having to wear those hot costumes, but they were so-o realistic, and they stayed in character.

The Governor's Palace where Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson once lived. The original burned down in the late 1700's, but this is a reproduction.
Doug and Kristi went in to visit the Magazine where they stored arms. The rifles were all real.


This was one of my favorite parts. We visited a kitchen on the Palace grounds. Costumed workers were preparing authentic foods from the period. It was hot, hot, hot.

There was a Virginia ham, rack of lamb, pears steeped in wine, pineapple pie, apple pie (both of which they used as side dishes, and not dessert) stuffed mushrooms and boiled onions with cloves and cinnamon. Desserts were simple sugared almonds and something else I didn't recognize and couldn't pronounce.

The baker is getting ready to make cakes. You can see the 13 x 9 pan where she mixed the batter, and the flute pans were dusted with flour and ready to go.