biltmore dining room
hello. this is jack from tofluency.com andthis is a to fluency update where i talk more about my life and give you tips about learningenglish. now, what i want to talk about today is the number one tourist attraction wherei live. so, i live in asheville, north carolina and the number one tourist attraction is thebiltmore estate. the biltmore estate is the largest privatelyowned house in the united states and it was built between 1889 and 1895 by george vanderbilt.george vanderbilt was a prominent businessman from new york. now, it’s interesting becausethe house was based on chateaus from france. so, it has a very different look (from) the typicalhouse here in the u.s. and obviously it’s a lot bigger than most houses here.
it is quite expensive to go to the biltmoreestate. it’s about $70, i think. but, i got a year pass for around $90-100 so ican go anytime i want. now, i got this because it’s really close to my house and when visitorscome, they want to go to the biltmore estate. so, i can go for free every time. but also,my son loves going there because there is a petting zoo, a playground... there are differentshops and restaurants and also there is a park or a green area where you can watch livemusic. as a visitor, you can go around the houseand see the different rooms. there are so many different bedrooms and bathrooms. there’sa huge dining room, different living areas, different wings as well and in the basement,there is still the old bowling alley. there’s
also an old swimming pool and a gymnasiumand these haven’t changed since the house was built. so, it’s really interesting tosee that. as i said before, it’s the number one touristattraction here in asheville, north carolina and there are over 1 million people who visitthe house. so, what i want to know is this, “what is the number one tourist attractionwhere you live? and also, let me know, do you visit there? do you go there quite often?â€so, leave your answers below this video. thanks for watching and i’ll see you next time.