Gingerbread Houses

During Christmas break, we ventured up to Asheville to check out the National Gingerbread Contest at the Grove Park Inn. I had only ever seen the Grove Park Inn on the commercials, and trust me when I say it's more elaborate in person. The inn itself was pretty amazing, and then you add in the scenery, the enormous fireplace, and the gingerbread houses...and wow! It made for a pretty fun day.

The gingerbread houses were divided into different categories - youth, teen, and adult. All of them were really impressive and took way more patience to make than I could ever possibly even fathom. I did find myself wondering though just how good one of these fancy schmancy houses would taste?

And here are two tuckered out tourists.

I highly recommend a visit to the Grove Park Inn for the Gingerbread houses for anyone looking for something different to do around the holidays next year!