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President Calvin Coolidge House 2008-06-28 09:33:01
In the middle of the cute and tiny village of Plymouth Notch, surrounded by open fields and mountain backdrops, stand both the humble house where PresidentCalvin
Coolidge was born and the one where he was raised, where he took his oath as the 30th president of the United States and which became his summer [...] Read more:House
Battle of Hubbardton - Reenactment 2008-06-25 12:10:59 Photo credit: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation
July 5-6th week-end is this year’s date for the reenactment of the American Revolution Battle
of Hubbardton. Every year, some 300 to 400 reenactors spend the week-end in these fields around the Hubbardton State Historic Site, to reenact the only battle of the American Revolution which took place in Vermont. [...]
Our favorite State Historic Sites! 2008-06-21 20:09:58 Picnickers relaxing at President Coolidge house
Last week-end – June 14-15 – Vermont Days were our excuse to drive around. The weather was gorgeous as we drove through the beautiful hills and farm lands of central Vermont. Every road seemed more of a “scenic drive” than the previous one! Aren’t all roads in Vermont “scenic drives”? [...] Read more:Sites
, State
Vermont Scenic Drives: Route 17 2008-06-16 10:23:16 From the edge of Lake Champlain to the top of the Green Mountains
Without a doubt, one of the most scenic drives in Vermont
, especially on a motorcycle or in a convertible with the “top down”!
You start at the shore of Lake Champlain (literally!) at “Chimney Point” state historic site (a wonderful spot unto itself). The [...] Read more:Scenic
Vermont Culinary Classic - Jun 13-22 2008-06-13 08:54:14 10 days of delightful gastronomy experience in the Stowe area! You cannot miss it if you enjoy food and wine. You can taste wines, beers, cheeses or all-natural chocolates, learn to make bagels, take a 2-hour cooking class with Vermont
2007 Chef of the Year Michael Kloeti, have a “farmer’s lunch”, visit cheese farms and have a [...] Read more:Classic
, Culinary
Vermont State Historic Sites - Free! 2008-06-11 21:02:25 Illustration copyright - Sarah Dillard
Something to write down in your agenda: this week-end, June 14th and 15th, all the VermontState
Historic Sites
and the Vermont Historical Society Museum offer free admission. Isn’t it the perfect excuse for a great road trip through the wonderful Vermont countryside? Weather should be collaborating: warm with just some isolated [...]
Waterbury award-winning restaurants 2008-06-01 08:43:10
Two award-winning restaurants
in Waterbury! Or rather two award-winning Chefs I should say - to be more accurate.
The first one is Michael Kloeti, from Michael’s on the Hill. In 2007, Michael was awarded Vermont Chef of the Year by the Vermont Hospitality Council. His restaurant is charming, located in a farmhouse dating from 1820, up [...]
Brookfield: its unique floating bridge 2008-05-25 16:23:03
As you travel south from Montpelier, on route 14, don’t miss the historic floating bridge
in Brookfield on route 65. The village is nice and quiet, just like it was in the 19th century, with several houses of interest, including the oldest continually operating library (1791), and of course its unique
bridge! First built in 1820, [...]
Vermont’s Open Studio Week-end 2008-05-23 15:45:40 This week-end is a great week-end to drive around and see watercolors, pastels, pottery, jewelry, furniture and many other crafts in the studios of 264 local Vermont
artists. It is Open Studio Week-end throughout the State!
You can find the maps you need with the complete list of open studios at this link.
Official launch of Travel-Vermont.net 2008-05-11 12:58:21 Today is an exciting day. It is the official launch of Travel
-Vermont
.net and we already have so many interesting stories for you “in the works”. We are also on the road exploring the little villages of Vermont, and we will share our discoveries with you. So, make sure you come and visit regularly.
You wonder how Travel-Vermont.net was born [...] Read more:Official
Weekly Quiz: Where are we? 2008-07-11 16:14:33
This is our new Friday feature! Every week, we’ll put your knowledge of Vermont to the test. And we hope you’ll have fun with it. We’ll keep track of the number of right answers you each get and on July 4th, 2008, Independence Day but also the day when (most) people believe that Samuel de Champlain discovered [...] Read more:Weekly
Vermont Mozart Festival - Grand Opening 2008-07-10 16:20:23
Doesn’t this place look gorgeous? It is Shelburne Farms, a pretty fancy 19th-century country home, on the shores of Lake Champlain in Shelburne. Designed in 1886 by Dr. William Seward Webb and Lila Vanderbilt Webb, it was and still is a 1,400-acre working farm, and now a national historic site. The lake and mountain views [...] Read more:Festival
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, Vermont
Vermont Summer Festival Horseshow - July-August 2008-07-09 10:08:42
This article is a special contribution from Ariana Monti, Vermont
rider & horse sports fan. Photography credit to David Mullinix.
Horseback riders have plenty of summertime activities in Vermont, including the returning Vermont SummerFestival
Horseshow which kicks off another six-week run of top horse jumping competition at the Harold Beebe Farm off Rte 7 in East Dorset, [...] Read more:August
Things to do in Vermont - July 12-13 2008-07-07 13:15:31
Sunday morning - July 6, 2008 - Battle of Hubbardton reenactment
Fourth of July’s week-end is hardly over that we are already thinking about next week-end! Summer is here and Vermont
has so many events and activities to choose from! It seems particulary true for the upcoming week-end of July 12-13.
So, we thought we would share [...]
Fourth of July Celebrations 2008-07-04 10:41:42
It’s time to celebrate Fouth of July all accross the country. Here in Vermont, there will be parades and fireworks in a number of towns. But we have identified a few other Fourth of July events for you.
There are two events worth noting at State Historic Sites which we already mentioned in previous posts:
- At the [...] Read more:Celebrations
Historical Vermont Towns & Commons 2008-07-02 14:16:07 Photo: Norwich common
Vermont
has so many of these historical towns, with their traditional greens (also called commons). Most often, time has left these village centers just like they were in the 19th century, and the white church with its steeple or town meeting hall dominating the green, the forested mountain backdrops and the overall sense [...] Read more:Commons
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Harpoon Brewery - BBQ Competition 2008-06-29 19:34:16 The dates are July 26th and 27th. And it definitely seems like great fun. Nothing less than 40 teams are competing and they are coming from everywhere in New England and as far as Texas. But if you want to participate as a competitor, you’ll have to wait until next year, because all the competing spots [...] Read more:BBQ
, Brewery
Things to do in Vermont - August 1-3 2008-07-28 10:14:16
New this week!
• 5th Annual Vermont
Lakes Region Cycling Weekend – It’s both Saturday and Sunday and seems like a really nice event for cyclers. They are 13 rides to choose from, from rolling to hilly terrain, and from 19 to 65 miles in length – on paved, scenic, rural roads. The small groups of [...] Read more:August
9 Back Road Bike Tours 2008-07-20 10:20:48
We’ve just come across this section of the Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce website which has some suggestions for bike tours, and we thought we’ll share it with you, because we believe they did a very nice job with it.
It presents 9 back road bike tours with very detailed descriptions of the routes and their [...] Read more:Tours
Fun Things to Do in Vermont 2008-07-19 10:29:08
There are lots of fun things to do in Vermont
in the summer. Here is for starters:
- Go to one of the 89 swimming holes - ponds and rivers - listed on this website. Make sure to watch their slideshow, it gives you a great idea of the look of the different places (names are on [...]
Weekly Quiz 2: Where are we? 2008-07-18 06:28:41
Last week’s quiz did not get the level of answers we expected! So, this week, we made it much, much easier. Come on… tell us where is this wonderful renovated round barn. You cannot find many of those around! And we’ll tell you more about them next week, when we explain where this one is.
Clues:
- [...] Read more:Weekly
Day Hike: Mount Independence 2008-07-18 06:02:35
Mount Independence
which is also known as Fort Independence is a wonderful hiking opportunity as well as a pleasant walk for those less eager to tackle the 400 feet of decent and re-ascent to the shore of the lake. There are some easy trails with great historic signage and a couple of true day hiking [...]
Restaurants: in the NY Times 2008-07-17 10:32:56
The Hen of the Wood was again noticed last week, and by noone else than the Mark Bittman, who writes for NY Times
’ dining section. Nice!
The title of his article definitely caught my attention: “Revitalized Eating in Vermont”. Seems like some other gourmets agree with our team (see our posting on “Waterbury award-winning restaurants“), and [...]
Mount Independence - Reenactment 2008-07-16 14:46:31
This weekend, July 19 – 20, is the Mount Independence
Encampment and Re-Enactment “Soldiers Atop the Mount”. If you haven’t been to one of these before, don’t miss it. You can walk through the American and British camps, see the reenactors in action, watch them execute some military tactics and artillery demonstrations, listen to a couple of [...]
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