My husband and I were fortunate enough to spend time right before Christmas at Paul and Katja's BEAUTIFUL cottage. This year has been overwhelming for everyone- and with my husband being an internist working in the ICU, and me being in med school- we were feeling burnt out. We were looking for a retreat and an escape- and their cottage was all of that and more. The location of the cottage was absolutely perfect! The Blue Ridge Parkway is a stone's throw away. And it's about 5-15 minutes from anything else that you can think of (including downtown)!
We were also fortunate enough to briefly meet both Paul and Katja- socially distanced of course. They were the loveliest people! We would stay again in a heartbeat.