472- TWO RUSSIANS and an AMERICAN!.....

Today, Monday, March 8th, this sociology guy stopped by the Bruton Parish Church parish house and, on this warm, sunny blue sky afternoon, walked out and about on the historically famous Duke of Gloucester Street, with my trusty Nikon. Who should appear but two Russian coeds, sitting on a bench...visiting America...doing needlepoint!
a- Their conversational English was excellent, my French once studied was not.
b- We three, two Russians and one American, got along remarkably well, talking about their visit to Colonial Williamsburg (CW). I have, often, when biking or photography in the Restored Area, chatted for a moment or three with visitors. Like with the two coeds, my fave local history info story is about how there is a two-lane parkway, tunnel, underneath that quiet colonial scenery spreading out from our Duke of Gloucester Street.
c- The submerged tunnel runs below, beside the old 1770 Courthouse, over to one portal at the windmill, with the other portal end beside the Williamsburg Inn.
d- Ready for a little secret? Look in the Courthouse Green grass, near the popular stock and pillory. There, you'll discover a 6-foot diameter piece of metal in the grass! Lean down close...you can hear the traffic below. That round piece of metal was originally a tunnel hole, an "escape hatch" for the Colonial Parkway tunnel below! Now you know a little secret....