Yes, the shrimps were great and juicy!!!! We would have loved to have seafood every day - but this was not easy to do. Our place was not in the middle of a large shopping area, and it was weekend. So, sometimes, we had sausages (awful!), othe times pork (not bad), but not enough seafood to our taste.

But the weather was great!

Being on a planation, we wanted to see the grounds. We took a nice walk to the still functional farm and to the Plantation House (followed by 100-s of deer flies!), and enjoyed the view over the fields, the river, enjoying the smells, and the sounds.




View of the James River to Jamestown across the river on the right.

We had a great and enthusiastic tour guide of the plantation house, and at the time we arrived, we were the only ones in her "group". We had fun and spent a lot of time looking at old photographs, books, furniture and listend to her well researched stories.

It was a very relaxing morning, and th smells of the grass still lingers with me.

We then took the car across the James River to see Williamsburg.

On the way to the ferry dock, we passed Jamestown Settlement, a museum and recreation of the initial settlement, and given its 400th years anniversary, a lot of tourists were there - we gave it a pass.

Williamsburg - well, we had not done our homework on the old town .... and had a hard time to find a parking spot, and to find the Tourist Information Centre - we seemed to have gone in circles for a while.

Williamsburg is something like Rotenburg o. T. in Germany ... but you will have to pay for entering some sections of the town. Initially, it was confusing, everybody seemd to have a knowledge about this town and its attractions ... and what we could see without a U $ 79 family ticket!!!!

Whow!!!! That is expensive!

Essentially, the town is divided into 2 sections: the old town with its stores and renovated houses - free admission - and the old town with its stores and renovated houses ... plus re-enactments (i.e soldiers marching on the street ...). We enjoyed the first part of the town, and the ice-cream!!!!!

Indeed, it was a lovely setting, and we quite enjoyed ourselves there.

And I had to think of my Uncle Heinz in Dresden when we saw this defencive "fence" - here we come, Karl May!!!!

And Marleyne could not resist to work in the garden ... and get thing going ...