Colonial Williamsburg day two aka already slacking on my posting

At least I'm posting this on the day that it occurred...this will be a quick post of today's activities, partly because we didn't spend the whole day in the Revolutionary City and partly because its late and I'd like to get some sleep.

Today was mainly college touring aka William and Mary fangirling, but we went to see the troops off to Yorktown, which was exciting! Not only was the Fife and Drum Corps there, as well as various soldiers, but THE MARQUIS RODE UP DASHINGLY ON HIS STEED (mom said I should write that instead of horse because anyone can ride up on a horse). It was quite nice meeting him yesterday, and he's so dang optimistic and French and enthusiastic that you just have to love him.

It's a bad picture, but here's the dashing Marquis rallying the troops!

Getting the cannons ready to fire!

As you can see I was also prepared for the cannon fire.

 After seeing the troops off, we headed to a lovely dinner at Chownings! I was reunited with several of my favorite Williamsburg foods.

Sparkling apple cider

Corn chowder...no sippets though, which is a little sad.

BBQ Pork sandwich and the best cole slaw ever. As you can see I was very happy. 

After dinner we quickly headed back to the hotel (aka ran to the bus) to freshen up before our special activity for the evening; colonial music at the Capitol! It was so much fun; we got to sing a catch, listen to instrumental music, and listen to madrigals! I love listening to period music, especially when its played by people in period costume. The soprano who sang was wearing panniers, though they were smaller than those worn in the French court in the 18th century, but no stays; she said they got in the way of breathing while singing and such.

I wasn't allowed to take pictures during the concert, but here's what the stage looked like! I can't imagine moving around next to all those candles; I'd probably knock them over. The ones we have at Allaire during the stormy days are enough to make me a little nervous anyway. 

After that was a nice walk back to the hotel in the dark which included dodging ghost tours, dodging horse poop, and a haunted piece of trash that moved on its own...until we saw the raccoon that was trying to eat it. Colonial Williamsburg at night, everyone!

Tomorrow we have a full day of activities planned, and it's the 'last night before move in day frenzy', so I'm going to try to post, but I'm not sure how much I'll get in. Highlights will include; me being in costume in the heat, a tour about Williamsburg's animals, colonial dancing, and hopefully meeting the Marquis again (I'm not a stalker).

-Tessa :D