Asheville

Last weekend Eric and I went to Asheville to get away for the weekend, enjoy the cool mountain weather, see the fall leaves and celebrate our 5 year anniversary. This was our third time going to Asheville and it was just as wonderful as the last two times.

We arrived at out B&B, The Sweet Biscuit Inn, at 6:30pm after driving 3 hours. We dropped our stuff in our room, freshened up and headed out to dinner. We decided to try out a new place that we have not been to before: Fiore's Ristorante Toscanna. All I can say is YUM! We ordered their Tuscan Stuffed Figs (Figs stuffed with basil goat cheese wrapped in prosciutto)...they were amazing! For our entrees I ordered the Gnocchi Della Casa and Eric ordered the Veal Saltimboca. 

After dinner we walked around downtown Asheville at Pack Square Park. At night the buildings look so beautiful all lit up. During our first two visits to Asheville, the city was constructing this park. They did a great job! At the top of the hill is a beautiful fountain. Down from the fountain is a lawn nicely landscaped and then two beautiful old buildings at the end with another fountain. Of course, I couldn't resist taking some pictures!

The Sweet Biscuit Inn

Saturday morning we woke up and started the morning out with a cup of coffee on the front porch. The cool weather felt great!! We then had breakfast with all the other B&B guests. The owner Angela made us walnut cinnamon french toast, served with fresh fruit & local bacon. After breakfast we went for a walk at a park. After the walk we went antique shopping. I was on the hunt for some Fiesta and sadly I didn't find anything I needed.

Where we went for a walk. I liked the bridge.

For lunch we went to the Bier Garden to watch the UGA vs. Vanderbilt game. We watched the first half before deciding to head back to the B&B. We spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out on the front porch playing cards.

We ate dinner again at a new place, The Early Girl Eatery. Also very good food. I dont think you can go wrong anywhere in Asheville! The only thing you need to keep in mind when eating out in Asheville is to prepare to wait about an hour before you can sit down. If you want to have lunch at 12 then you should show up at 11. We went to dinner at 6:45 and had to wait an hour before getting a table. We were in no rush so we spent the time walking around downtown.

Sunday morning we had another delicious breakfast. We spent the morning again on the porch sipping coffee. I didn't want to leave the nice crisp cool weather for the 80 degrees that was awaiting us in Athens. We left the Sweet Biscuit Inn around 11:00 and headed back downtown to eat at my favorite place....Tupelo Honey. As always it was delicious!

One of the many tunnels we drove through.

After lunch we headed out of town and took the Blue Ridge Parkway back to Athens. We have never driven the parkway because the part by Asheville has been closed for well over a year. The Parkway was beautiful! The fall colors we so nice to see. It was tempting to stop at every scenic lookout but we would have never made it home! My pictures do not do it justice...

The windy road of the Parkway

Overall we had a great relaxing weekend. I just wish it would have been a longer trip!