Fall break meant lots of activities--Day 1

Fall break started Wednesday evening last week and lasted until Sunday. What is Fall Break? It is a brief time off from classes (but this does not mean the work stops!). With my Fall Break though I did take some time off, and it was wonderful and much needed. Now I am just struggling to get out of that break-mode and into serious work-mode.

For Fall Break, Arianna and Tim came over for a visit. We picked them up Wednesday night at the airport (they were a few hours behind schedule after missing their a.m. flight out of Seattle. Check our her blog for more info). Although they were a few hours behind, we still managed to squeeze a lot of fun adventures into the trip.

Here is a brief overview of Day 1--Thursday (Tune in for more in a later post!)
We started off with a bit of history. We went to Historic Stagville, which we had found the previous weekend with Cassie. It was still just as interesting, and while there we learned about some other historic sites we will likely be visiting in the future. Shawn and I plan to go check them out, so look forward to posts for trips to Duke Homestead and Bennett Place.

After Historic Stagville, it was off to campus to show off my building, office, and UNC in general. Before we could walk through campus though we needed some sustenance. We stopped at the oldest restaurant in Chapel Hill, the Carolina Coffee Shop. After enjoying lunch there (I had a delicious turkey club sandwich!) we headed up to campus. We took a brief break in my office for some sugar...

and then headed to the bookstore. Arianna and Tim came away with some great UNC gear.

Then it was time for a pic in front of the Old Well.

Although this tour and shopping spree took us a few hours, we managed to come home and make our own dough and pizza and then watch some television. It was TV night. Arianna and I used to watch television together on Thursdays so that we could enjoy Grey's Anatomy and Project Runway (It started though when we used to watch ER together--so that gives you an idea of when it really started). When Arianna moved back to Western Washington in 2008, we would text during our shows so we were still "watching" them together. However, with the three hour time difference, it hasn't been possible for us to watch together in any capacity, so it was a really nice treat to have a good old fashioned TV night. 

Look for Day 2 of our adventures in an upcoming post!