CWTI: We Brake for Food

Most of our meals were provided while we attended the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute in July.  I picked up breakfast sandwiches, bagels, eggs, and pastries in the hotel every morning, but lunches and dinners were usually kind of a mystery.  I didn't get everything in photographs, but here are some highlights.

Our first lunch was at Jamestown Settlement.  It was a large salad with enough ham and cheese to make a couple of sandwiches.  Along with a cookie and a drink, it was surprisingly filling.  For dinner on the first night, we had pizza and another cookie.

One dinner was a special order.  With a choice of steak, fish, or a vegetarian plate, most of us chose the steak.  Another two meals were scheduled to be tavern meals, but due to an air conditioning issue at the tavern, the meals were served in the lodge convention rooms instead.  One of these meals was a dense plateful of turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, and a pea mixture.  Another "tavern" meal was fried chicken and a vegetable medley.  Each of the dinners had their own prepared dessert, as well.  In a week when I should have lost weight, the sheer heftiness of the dinners did not allow for much of that.

In addition, for two of our lunches, we were able to use vouchers at a couple of the sandwich places along Duke of Gloucester Street.  At the bakery, I had a cold-cut sandwiches, some chips, and a thick brownie.  On a separate day, I got the chance to try a smoked chicken sandwich, more chips, and another thick brownie.

There were only a couple of meals that were not provided.  I was able to fill in with some trail mix, as I did at the airport, as well.  Only once did I make a food purchase on my own, picking up a $9 hamburger at The Precarious Beer Project on the first evening before reporting for orientation.