Daniel and I went on an awesome, two day Spring Break trip last Thursday and Friday. It’s amazing to me that we can visit several historically and culturally significant locations in less than two hours via car. When we lived in Tallahassee, it took almost 3 hours to get to Jacksonville with only small towns and forest in between.

We spent Thursday in Richmond. Our itinerary was as follows:

• Hollywood Cemetery – final resting place of two presidents, James Monroe and John Tyler (and president of the confederacy, Jefferson Davis). It has a great view of downtown Richmond. 
• Stella’s Restaurant – really delicious Greek food in a contemporary atmosphere.
• Carytown – full of students, vintage and consignment shops, and other cool local businesses. I perused many racks of great vintage dresses.
• Virginia Museum of Fine Art – features an extensive collection of art nouveau and art deco stained glass and furniture (we love that stuff), as well as works of art from all eras from all over the world. There’s also a a terrifying statue of a woman that looks so realistic I refused to get too close. I bought a postcard of Georges de Feure’s stained glass window.
• Heritage Restaurant – We shared the charcuterie platter, then I ate some pork belly, Asian barbecue style.

Richmond is a well established city with a great sense of community and a small town feel. I’m excited to visit again – and it’s only a little over an hour away, so it makes for an easy day trip.