We awoke today to cold but sunny Pittsburgh. We hoped in the car early and headed on our way to Fallingwater at Mill Run - about an hour and a bit out of town. The drive was beautiful, but at times harrowing, as this was my first experience of driving on the opposite side of the road. We ventured out into small regional areas, where there was an abundance of snow, mansard roof barns, and deciduous trees.
We finally arrived at Fallingwater - we made it! It was a stunning day, snow blanketed the landscape, but wasnt falling, the sky was blue and the sun was out. We were late for our tour but caught up quickly. Once inside, iit was, very very comfortable actually. It was amazing and quite surreal being able to see up close alll the details and experience all thew views and vistas you have seen in books all these years. Truly amazing. The girls enjoyed it too. They really did.
The most fun part was when we got to sit with a few guides in the guides breakout area, "the sitting room" of the house. As we were late, she personally took us around the bits we missed, then took us into the private rooms where we ate some biscuits and cookies.
We were then able to visit another FLW building which was in the area, Kentuck Knob. Built 20 years later, and more of a Usonian house, was still very exciting and awesome to visit. They also had a sculpture garden here with a couple of Andy Goldsworthy works, as well as some slabs of the Berlin wall. The snow made for some great photos. Very surreal too, being on the woods, in the snow, just us. Crazy!
We then hopped back in the car for the drive to Washington DC, about a 4hr drive. Was a nice and easy one though. We checked in and then headed out for dinner. We stopped at a place called Bobby Vans. Dont be fooled by the name, this was a classy place. We ordered, what i would have to say was the best steak i have ever eaten, Porterhouse with a New York Stip of Mignon, AMAZING! It fed three of us and at $42 each you can gauge the quality. Was delicious. So full though after it. Washington gets a thumbs up for food from me!
Anyway - tomorrow is going to be a monumental day - hehe - love u all - mat and sim!
Hi mat - love this post you sound like a man who just made it to heaven only to find what you'd been praying for was better than you had requested. So glad it was a good time for you all. And yes Washington is a great place - I spent a week there 10 yrs or so back. Lots of history to see and the big park with all the museums (think its the Smithsonian) is pretty cool make sure you check out the Lunar Lander and Gemini one, awesome to see up close.
ReplyDeleteKeep the posts coming - mum and I look everyday for new ones. Also are you posting photos anywhere or is it too difficult. Have you seen the ones I put on my blog for you. LOL Dad and Mum