A French Chateau in North Carolina
Asheville NC A nice short drive of fifty miles took us to Asheville in North Carolina. We couldn’t take the Blue Ridge Parkway route as it has a number of tunnels that are too low for us. Steve and Caroline took this route though so they were able to tell us what we missed out on. The parkway is 80 miles of very windy road and doesn’t seem to have been much different from the first few miles that we travelled at the Great Smokies end. Biltmore Lodge Biltmore Lodge The Biltmore is the largest privately owned house in America. It was the Vanderbilt’s 250 room summer house and is currently owned by their descendants. Built in the style of a French Renaissance Chateau, the living space covers four acres. To say this place is huge is an understatement - there are currently 2,000 employees needed to run it. We weren’t planning on going to the Biltmore on our first day in Asheville until we dropped into the visitor centre. Lindsay had wanted to ask them where he could get real br...