Here's the output after exectuding the commands on the HN. Please note that the "a" argument failed for my /sbin/route, and the ip command out put is identical on the VE too. The route table of the VE id displayed in the first post of the thread.
[10:03:45][~]> ip r get 11.22.33.44
local 11.22.33.44 dev lo src 11.22.33.44
cache <local> mtu 16436 advmss 16396 metric 10 64
[10:04:11][~]> route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
11.22.33.44 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 venet0
11.22.33.128 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.128 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 11.22.33.129 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
Thank you