RVing, a Spanish Griswold trip

We drove over 1000 miles and hit two camp sites, four restaurants, two wine bars, one winery, two museums, four rest areas & one ACE hardware.....

 

After the car getting unhitched, GPS telling us to "stay left" @ every exit, transmission overheating, accidently shutting off the main switch to the RV battery back up, locking the parking break on the car we had been towing, driving back home for 17 hours and last but not least.....dodging deers, yes deers.....after all that we still had a great time.   

 

 

 

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The Spaniard

 



Wedding Day Receptions Rock!!!

I had the pleasure of attending my best friends daughters wedding, It's amazing seeing them grow up and being @ her wedding was such a beautiful experience.

Cherish your children and every moment you have with them because one day their all grown up.

 

 

 

The Spaniard

Sante Wine Bar, Asheville NC

Serving lunch and dinner, Santé Wine Bar and Tap Room is a European style wine bar featuring wines by the glass and bottle with flights and light fare including cheese boards, dips, salads and sweets.  Wine-lovers at Santé were recently treated to a cutting-edge concept in winemaking: wine from a keg.  Santé’s keg system is the first in the state to feature twelve taps solely dedicated to wine, and it’s an idea whose time has come.

 

This is a great place to take a break from all the walking around and simple relax and get a awesome glass of wine. I was very excited to try the tap wines and see just how good they could be. My lady had the Sainsbury Rose and I had the King's Estate Acrobat Pinot Noir, both right from the tap and tasted fresh, very refreshing and crisp.

 

Call me old fashion but I feel they need to work on displaying the wines better. I truly enjoyed the wines from the tap but it was missing the beauty of displaying the wines and showing the bottles. When you are just looking directly @ a tap you seem to loose the romance that one builds up with drinking wine. I love the concept but just feel we need to respect the wines more and do a better job displaying them. I listed their web site for your review.

 

 

www.santewinebar.com

 

The Spaniard

French Broad Chocolates, Asheville NC

We made a list of location we needed to visit during our trip to Asheville.

The French broad was one of those locations. Below is the web site for you to explore.

The Lounge is the only place where you can experience our complete selection of desserts including our signature hot sipping chocolates, artisan cheese plate, cakes and more.



liquid truffles
our signature opulent, ganache-based hot sipping chocolate, the likes of which you’ll find in Europe’s finest chocolate shops.
hot chocolate
rich and chocolatey, yet lighter bodied than the liquid truffle.

I had the hot chocolate, truly the best hot beverage I've ever had.

www.frenchbroadchocolates.com

The Spaniard

The Gourmet Chip Company, Asheville NC

Walking through the town of Asheville NC we came upon the "The Gourmet Chip Co."

Great little joint serving freshly made gourmet chips and fried in 100% all natural canola oil.

You even have a choice of regular potato or sweet potato. They offer seven different kinds of gourmet chips to select from.   

 

They also offer Panini's and sandwiches, gift baskets and shipping. I have commend them, simply concept, fresh ingredients & great location. They are so good that 21 other restaurants in the town of Asheville offer their chips on their menus. I've attached their web site below for you to review. They can ship the chips right to your house....  

 

www.gourmetchipcompany.com

 

The Spaniard

So true....

A Chef needs to taste EVERYTHING.....

 

The Spaniard