One of our favorite days in 2012 was a trip with Nani to the mountains in Asheville to see the Biltmore Estate all decked out for the holidays. Rachel and I had seen the estate in the fall of 2004, but not at night, and not like this.
It’s an impressive place any time of year, and the magnitude of the project is difficult to grasp given the era it was built (1889-95), and where it was built (deep, deep in the mountains).
As a bonus, Rachel and I tasted a new favorite wine (the Biltmore house red) giving us an excuse to make the two-hour trek more often.
Should you visit our fine state, the Biltmore (250 rooms, 178,000-plus square feet, jaw-dropping stonework and architecture) is worth a day. It’s ostentatious, but amazing all the same.
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