As we walked from the parking lot, well I didn't walk, Mr. Guy told me all about this place. A long time ago, a man named Vanderbilt made a lot of money. He wanted a big house, like a palace. So he had this house built. He took the last part of his name and attached the word "more". Maybe because he "built more house" than anyone. Mr. Guy said Biltmore is the largest house in the whole country.
When I saw the house for the first time, it looked like a whole city to me! I have never seen a house that big. A little blue and orange furry monster could get lost in the place. It was pretty, but also a little scary.
The reason it looks like a whole city is because there are lots of rooms and shops and restaurants in that building. When Mr. Guy told me that there were shops, I got excited because I might get a new shirt. The Lady and Mr. Guy said that we could go look for a shirt before we did anything else. Yay! We went into a shop that had lots of shirts for big monsters and people, but the worker said that they didn't have any small enough for me. That made me sad. The Lady said that we could go look in another shop, a toy shop. Surely a toy shop will have a little shirt for me because toys are for little people. Nope. They didn't have one either. I was now one really sad little monster. But, I did have to smile when I saw some of my "family" at the toy shop.
When I saw them, I decided that it was silly for me to be sad. True, I did not find a new shirt, but I have Mr. Guy and The Lady to take me places and love me, these guys just hung out in the toy shop all day. I remember what that felt like. Not good. So, I became a happy monster again.
It was then time for us to go inside this great big house. I was still not so sure about it, especially with things like this on the outside!
We talked and became friends.
The Lady had to put her camera away because they do not allow people to take pictures in this place. Oh well..we walked all around, up and down stairs from the basement to the third floor. I'm glad Mr. Guy was carrying me, because now I know I would have gotten lost. The rooms were big. The ceilings were tall, the windows were huge, and the furniture was big. I felt as tiny as ant in there. This house was obviously not meant as a home for little blue and orange furry monsters, but it was kind of fun to look around.
Because the people didn't let us take our own pictures inside, they had a picture taking person of their own who took our picture. I thought that was very nice of them. The Lady told me that we would have to buy their picture. That didn't seem right. Th Lady always takes my picture and most of the time she makes me look handsome. Why couldn't she take my picture? Mr. Guy tried to explain something to me about captive audience and consumerism. I didn't understand. All I know is that they gave us a card and told us we could look at our picture at the end.
I liked the picture that they took because The Lady was in it with Mr. Guy and Me. She is never in the pictures because she always takes them. I told Mr. Guy that I wanted this picture of the three of us, so he bought it. Tomorrow we will get it into my blog.
There were two girls who took his money. They were very friendly and asked all about me. Because they were so nice, I asked if they wanted to be part of my Hundred People Project. They said yes! I guess because Mr. Guy bought their picture they thought it would be fun to be in our picture.
I am happy that people are helping me with my Hundred People Project. I just want to show the world that there are nice people everywhere!
We ate lunch at a restaurant here. It was yummy! Ribs, pulled pork, chicken, collard greens, polenta, cole slaw, and pickles. We were all too full to have dessert, so after lunch we went to the confectionery. The Lady told me that "confectionery" is just a fancy name for candy shop. The houses and the words are big here! I have never seen so much candy!
We each got a little treat to have when we got home. The lady who worked at the confectionery (I like saying that word!) was friendly too. We talked to her for a long time and found out that she had lived in Texas! She told us that she bought her wedding dress in Dallas, where we live. The world is not such a big place after all. I'm not sure that I can say the same thing about this house, though. Her name was Amy and she was more than happy to have a picture taken with me!
Look at her smile! She made me laugh really hard. I sure like meeting all of these nice people!
Oh, and I finally got to see the mountains. I like them because they are blue like me.
Mr. Guy said that if we see that at sunrise or sunset they might look blue and orange, even more like me!
I had a good day. I hope that you did too! Don't forget to stop and smell the roses...or in a pinch, the petunias! Speaking of stops we made another stop on the way back. There was one more shop, (there are lots of shops here). A nice lady in there helped find a shirt for me at another shop! They are keeping it for us until tomorrow.
Tomorrow we are going back to the Biltmore to see the gardens, where they have roses, petunias, and lots more flowers. And, we will get my new shirt! So watch for Part 2 of my trip to the Biltmore tomorrow!
Until then...
Loved reading about your visit, Blueper B, and look forward to Part 2 and seeing your new shirt!
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