Walking And Eating Around Asheville

...Continued from yesterday:  

     So then, Monday morning started with a yummy breakfast at the Tupelo Honey Cafe,

...where the food was delicious,

... the tea was organic,

​..the tea bags fancy,

...and the company, some of our old friends and fellow alum of the University of Dayton Appalachia Club, wonderful.

     After breakfast Tom and I, and a couple of our reunion  friends,

...took a walk around downtown Asheville.

     We learned that this  crowded little patch of park  in the middle of a busy  thoroughfare is called The Bromuda Triangle, as it's generally full of panhandler-type guys who can often be heard calling out to each other, "Hey, Bro." ​

     We climbed a hill over-looking an old part of  town,

​...up to the beautiful St. Lawrence Basilica, built in 1905.

       When lunch time rolled around - which our friends opted to skip - Tom and I set out to look for some nourishment and found a little Mediterranean place.

...with the most awesomely picturesque interior.

...but best of all was the food.

    Tom ordered the meat kabab with tahini  and hummus and a tomato salad, which he pronounced really good,

​...while I had the mucho tasty falafel  wrap with a side of roasted potatoes, seasoned with a sort of pesto sauce - sooo good!

   After lunch we did a few more turns around the town,

...before returning to the hotel to for more catching up.

...and reminiscing,

...amazed at what we were back then,

...and what we all grew up to be.

To be continued...