For Christmas this year I decided to go to Asheville, NC. I have been in Asheville before in early October of 2020 (here and here are the descriptions of my trip), but now with no foliage on trees it would look completely different.
I was lucky to have an amazing weather for the holidays. It got to 72 degrees! I rented a cottage for 3 nights and took my cat with me. He wasn't overly pleased with the ride, especially when we got to the area with multiple turns. Before arriving at the cottage, I stopped by to pick up a coconut cream pie I pre-ordered a few days ago at Whistle Stop Market. Kitty has vomited by then, and I knew I quickly needed to check in. The pie turned out to be fantastic, by the way...
While the cottage did not turn out as great as I hoped it would, the hiking and overall experience in Asheville were very good. I arrived around 2.30 pm and went out to Oskar Blues Brewery, an outdoor only experience with minimal heat provided. Beer was quite good. Reasonably frozen, we headed to Sora Japanese for sushi and it did not disappoint. Quick service, good food and a very pleasant atmosphere.
I stayed the rest of the night in enjoying the large screen TV with a whole bunch of premium channels in my Airbnb (this was probably one of the few highlight features of the rental).
The next day in the morning I headed to hike Four Waterfalls Trail. I am still not really sure why this trail is called "Four" waterfalls as I have only seen 3. Those three were really nice nevertheless.
The access to the first one, Triple Falls, was partially closed, so I was not able to get near it, but enjoyed the view from afar.
High Falls, the second waterfall, was really nice. I got close to the bottom and then was able to get a good view from further away.
Grassy Creek Falls was the last waterfall I saw, much smaller. On the way there, I passed through the covered bridge that I believe was used for horses in the past.
I finished the hike and found another trail starting from the same parking lot. Hooker Falls Trail (not sure why someone would name a beautiful waterfall like that) is an easy hike towards Hooker falls. I found this waterfall to be my favorite.
I thought I would do another hike after, but was quite lazy and hungry and went back to my Airbnb. After lunch I drove to Asheville and walked around the city. I stopped at a school bus-like coffee shop to get coffee (not the best coffee I've had), bought amazing dessert (well, 3 desserts, but who's counting) at Old Europe Pastries (their tiramisu was not that great, but the hazelnut dessert was to die for) and visited a book store that reminded me how much I love books. A great afternoon. With dessert in hand, I knew it was time to taste it and headed back to my Airbnb.
The rest of the evening was spent watching the new series of "Sex and the City" or whatever the alternative is chowing down delicious dessert. I mean, come on, who can beat that kind of Christmas Eve???
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