Annie Brownell House
Travel Blogs from Providence
Planes, Traines & Automobiles
Planes, Trains & Automobiles - ok so Laura is the one getting the plane today, I'm just getting the train and car however I had to squeeze that title in somewhere! So we left the Roosevelts' this moring, they have been so welcolming. It was a very relaxing couple of days and just what Laura and I had needed! I should really formaly introduce Laura as I realises I haven't, Laura is the Nottingham Roosevelt Nurse Scholar, when we found out about each other when the Scholarships had ...
A whale of a time
Today we went over to the Roosevelt's summer house so we could walk along the beach. Haven said that even though they were lucky and didn't really get hit by the hurricane, there was a lot of sand movement (they have dunes which didn't exist before) and quite alot of plant life had been blown away! It was a nice walk though, very calming. Becky and I have had a great time here. It's so nice to step out of the hectic city life and be able to go for walks in the woods or on the ...
The Roosevets
... girls were getting on the Taunton/New Bedford bus! Most of America has re-used British place names, but more so here than anywhere else I've been so far...then again, we are in New England! Now for a bit of a history recap--Our scholarship is called the Nottingham Roosevelt Traveling Memorial Scholarship and was first set up after WWII. The mayor of ...
Day 5- a special day in Providence!
... patio. When we were done with lunch, we relaxed for a little while, looked at the backyard projects and got ready to go into the city for the evening. We arrived in downtown Providence, drove around and checked the area out before we headed to a restaurant for some snacks and beverages. We ate dinner at a local Greek-pasta restaurant near Brown University called Andreas, they had a menu containing a combination ...
A side trip to one of the states we missed
... look inside to take photos. Also on the tour, were a few other theatres, hotels and churches that had been lovingly restored but also some others that were needing some TLC. After that we walked up to Rodger Williams National Memorial, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Will iams_National_Memorial then caught the train back to Boston.
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- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking