These are some of my photos from my recent trip to Williamsburg, Virginia. I spent the day on my own, so I have a lot of photos of buildings and the re-enactors as well as the gardens and horses. I will write more about it, but it truly was a fabulous day with perfect weather. The one thing I would change would be to pay attention to the schedule. I didn’t buy a ticket, and therefore wasn’t allowed into the historic end by the Capitol since there was a performance. If I had realized I would have started at that end, and been gone before they closed it to non-ticket holders.
Inside the Bindery
Governor’s Palace at Colonial Williamsburg
Gardens
Burton Parish Episcopal Church
Horse and Pasture
The Courthouse
The Courthouse. To the left is a cider stand. To the right, barely in view are the stocks
Market Center
Two women play traditional Colonial games at the market
The Capitol
The Town Crier…..on a Segway
Sitting in front of the tavern
Horse and Wagon
The Armoury
at Colonial Williamsburg
Bus stop in front of the Historic Information Booth, across from Merchant Square
Behind the Information Booth
Griffins and Ginger Snaps 
It looks just as weird as I always imagined it would be! š I want to know more about the women playing old timey games. Can you play with them?
When you’re there in the moments, it is not as weird, especially if you’re a fan of history. I know that they are considered actors and they each have parts to play. I’m not sure if you can play the games with them, but I did see them showing how to play the games so the answer might be yes.
They do interact with you in an authentic Colonial way, not knowing what a camera or cell phone are, that sort of thing.
I used to love these places as a kid and love going back even on my own as an adult.