Monticello, that we visited today, is a World Heritage Site, and the former home of Thomas Jefferson. It is indeed a beautiful place, the buildings dripping with interesting history, and the gardens a kaleidoscope of flowers, especially tulips. It is incredible to see how many people visit Monticello every day! Thomas Jefferson is known to have been a wise man, who surrounded himself with books and who loved his garden.
We had lunch, after our tour, at Michie Tavern, and have all agreed that we are getting far too comfortable with the large portions, which we complained so vociferously about when we first arrived five weeks ago.
The University of Virginia, envisioned and established by Jefferson, was our next stop, and we joined the Historic tour of the buildings and grounds. Having seen many fine academic institutions over the last few weeks, we were struck by the beauty of UVA.
We always knew that today was going to be a busy one, and by the time we met at Stonewall Jackson Hotel for drinks, we were starting to show signs of fatigue. Dragging heels were left at the door of the American Shakespeare Theater, however, as no-one could resist the contageous enthusiam of the members of the cast of "A Comedy of Errors". The Theatre is a wonderous "replica" of those in the days of old, the stage thrust forward so that the cast are amongst the audience. This troupe capitalise on the fact, and effortlessly include the audience in the chaos and confusion of Shakespeare's masterpiece. Sides sore with laughter, we retired for the evening, each knowing that we had not wasted a moment of the day.
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