Colonial Williamsburg (at least this incarnation of it) consisted mostly of a single lane as depicted in this bronze map in front of the Visitors Center.
The Capital Building would be all of the way to your right, the Governor's Palace all the way to your left.
Opting to pass up the carriage rides, we mosey down this main street, and Granpa decides it's time for some food.
We find a tavern and are shown downstairs to a dark, low-ceilinged space with raw brick walls and were seated at a candle-lit table.
I know it looks like he's been drinking "spirits" or something, but I think he was just genuinely pleased to be sitting down, cooler (though un-air conditioned), in a historic building, with a great menu to choose from at great prices. We felt like conspirators, or lovers, or something mysterious and really had a fun lunch - our first ever candle-lit lunch!
From the tavern we went on down the street to the blacksmiths. This was the very first time, in all of our historical travels, to see what we were treated to next! It was a real blacksmiths shop, and
a real wheelwright and
a real tinsmith !! So very cool !! They were all working with period tools on period pieces while wearing period clothing. I could have stayed at each of these places for hours watching these craftsmen. It was impressive!
But Colonial Williamsburg still had other wonderful things to show us. . .
A link to Shields Tavern: http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/do/restaurants/historic-dining-taverns/shields/
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