The Capricorn House
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The Roosevelts
... worked in New Bedford as a whaler wrote the book Moby Dick. It was great to see the history of Whaling however it was also sad to see the realities of what this entailed. The whale skeletons are huge! Especially in comparison with the human skeleton (spot the anatomical issue in the picture of the skeleton, I did want to jump over the barrier and correct it but I ...
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
... to show his gratitude to America for its help during the war and sent 3 young professionals to be goodwill ambassadors. It was their role to travel around the US for up to 3 months, investigating a project related to their profession, to generally absorb the culture and to create friendships and links with the Americans. This has stood the test of time and has continued ...
A week of peace and quiet
... out being on our own in the house where the only sound is the fridge running, though they did put wifi in just before we arrived so we have internet and therefore Radio 4 (at odd times of course - the World at One at 8 in the morning) and we listened to the first presidential debate on the radio too. Friday we head off to the Adirondacks in northern New York State for what promises to be a chilly weekend of climbing ...
19. September 2012
Gegen 10 Uhr aufgestanden und im Hotel gefrühstückt. Zuerst zum Sea Gull Beach gefahren und dort Fotos und Muscheln gesammelt. Dann weiter zum Chapin Memorial Beach gefahren, danach noch versucht zum Ellis Landing Beach zu kommen, aber da ...