Best Western the Inn at Smithfield Plattsburgh

October 20, 2009

Back to Shelburne today for a visit to the amazing Shelburne Museum where over 150,000 works are exhibited in a remarkable setting of 39 buildings, 25 of which are historic and were relocated to the Museum grounds. Impressionist paintings, 19th century American folk art, quilts and textiles, decorative arts, furniture, American paintings, and a dazzling array of decoys, and carriages ...

... a fisherman's platter, and the two of us couldn't finish it. It was huge, and wonderful. Scrod, clam strips, clam bellies (I don't know either, I will wiki it later) scallops, shrimp, oysters, and calamari.

After all that, we retired to the room to catch up on travel blogging. I hope all is well on your end. Tomorrow it is off to the rocky coast of Maine. Lobsters beware!

... oldest covered bridge in New York) and spend another night. As I was lunching by the rapids in the middle of nowhere, Fred Sherry (a cellist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center who I have know for years) and his wife Carol wandered by, They were renting a house nearby.

This was my fourth ride up in the Adirondacks, but the first time I ventured north of Long Lake. I started out early for the stretch to Tupper Lake. It was cold and overcast, in the mid 40's, but very peaceful along the nearly deserted highway. The marshes up ...

We begin our 2nd day in the rain at Shellburne about 8 miles from Colceshter the city were we are staying. About 10 min. of wearing my $1.50 raincoat the sky shines and the rain stops. This museum is a must see with about 45 building and each one showing a variety of things from.... Monet paintings to a side paddle ship all building with the exception of 1 had to be transported from their original location to the farm. Unfortunately the computer I ...

... time with 2 pairs of socks and 4 boxers... so with spend the afternoon that way. We went to swim for a not very long time in the cold water of Lake Champlain right next to Burlington. We haven't really got a place to stay and it was about to get late... we got something to eat and then take a look around the city. We asked some if they knew a place we could stay, but they didn't... I was still very humid and warm, so I guess that just made us decide to sleep ...

... heel normaal dat een trein een uur of meer langer over de trip doet. Het is net iets beter in een derde wereld land denk ik. Daar heb je ook 1 trein per dag, je weet alleen niet wanneer hij die dag zal langskomen. In de States weet je het tenminste op een paar uur na wel. De sporen zijn eigendom van een goederenvervoermaatschappij. En Amtrak huurt die. Goederentreinen gaan echter voor. Op de tijdstabel die bij onze ...

... in the flash restaurant next door. Overall the generosity and hospitality of all the Canadians that we have met has been absolutely unbelievable (equalled only by the Kiwis) and we have been so lucky to be on the receiving end. We spent our chilly days (the wind factor made it feel like -45!!) exploring Old Montreal and discovering it's interesting history, then on our final day Jo and Nic kindly drove us around some of Montreal's other attractions including the Oratory, a ...

... be back until Jan 25th!! YIKES! not to mention it's a national holiday!) so then we head BACK to the hostel and have breakfast there...a nice bagel (kinda...NO salt!) for a buck and then some free coffee. it did the job! after breakfast we tried going on the little walking tour of the old city. OH...did i mention that when we woke up it was like a blizzard outside?! so we get to Notre Dame (the first on our little makeshift tour) and by then we are FROZEN and ...

... off and then head down to chat with other people and get a little coffee...Carlos from Mexico...sweetheart. here for a few days..then back to Mexico. he was telling us where to go..Catherine street? tomorrow we'll head there..do a little walking tour of old Montreal and then a little shopping in between. we saw a cute cafe for breakfast that we'll head to in the morning. ok...only 20 mins allowed on the free internet service here in the common room. i feel bad so i'm gonna get going!!