Hampton Inn Boston/Braintree

Thought I would blog on here and give it a bash !! Just been giggling at Amy distraught cos she broke her shell garage torch lol Nevermind and have lost most adaptors for electricity already but never mind !! Went to Samuel Adaqms brewery and it was mint !! Amy got beermats for herself and David (making sure she gets 2 Louise lol) Got cool tasting glasses to ...

... we will meet again I am sure! :)
~And the many, many other wonderful people I met on this excursion. I have so many email addresses, I must catch up with you all..
And so it ends, a most excellent adventure! I can't wait to start thinking about my next trip, I definitely want to go back to Thailand as well. SO people - the world isn't a theme park, grab your passport and GET OUT THERE! You will be glad you did!

... before we try get an early night before tomorrow. Need to cehck out some prices of jackets I have found today....limited edition Celts jacket which I seen in the Garden today. Looks like $100 for it, but thinking of the cost just for a jersey back home maybe I should grab all 6 of them and ebay them when I return!!!

One last thing to add is the amount of Starbucks and DD's around this place is amazing. There are 2 DD"s in the garden about ...

... a gingerbread house. I will have to add these pics when I get access to remove them from the camera.......It took something like 70 pounds of sugar to make it.

After lunch we headed home and started to pack for the departure.
Everyone was a little tired and at one point I was the only one awake looking at booking accommodation in Boston for tonight.
On the couch was Andy, Krista, Linda and Cole (Dog). I'm not sure who was the loudest snoring at one point, but it kept me ...

loved the flight, and the hospitality of the BA business class experience. I even had a facial as I though it would be done by a dolly. Then some big gay guy came out to 'facial' me. I was petrified. I have to say that he did a really good job though!!

I REALLY made the most of the free champagne and wine on the flight too. Legs were a bit wobbly on my return to the good old US and A!

... peninsula through Rockport and around Cape Ann, and enjoyed seeing all the old houses with the construction dates on the door, some dating to the 1700's. One of the little villages was celebrating it's 375th anniversary this year.

We followed the coastal road to Salem, then got caught in bumper-to-bumper traffic, and headed for the interstate. We took I-95, which is the outer belt and is ...

... e ovviamente a Boston, abbiamo provato l'aragosta (Lobster). (http://www.legalseafoods.com/ ). Non so se non era il posto giusto, ma a me non č piaciuta molto, non sapeva di niente. Contavo di farmi scorpacciate di aragoste, visto che qui costano molto meno che da noi. Ma dopo questa esperienza non l'ho pių mangiata. Il pomeriggio siamo tornati al Faneuil Hall Marketplace. Tra i ...

... the bus back to provincetown and got the boat back to boston... i was happy to see it! Next day i just headed up to NYC to meet up and say my last goodbyes with people from my Green Tortoise northern crossing trip. spot of lunch more beer and a 7 hour I95 journey and we're back in boston. The next day i broke my toe, this is all i have to say about this day. Some dumb ass retard moved her case into the middle of the room in the night, i came in and trying not to wake ...

... which touched on most of the historical sights, as well as some improtant ones. The captain was a very droll pirate who had a way with words and did a great job of getting us around some very narrow streets. I would have liked to spend some time in the burial ground where Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklins family and the woman who wrote Mother Goose was buried, but we ran out of time. Ah well, next trip.

... After a quick walk by "The House of Seven Gables" (Nathaniel Hawthorne's house) and a walk down by the waterfront, we hopped back in the car and Deanne gave us another amazing tour of the historic homes district of Salem. House after house had a plaque on it, stating in what year it was built and who the home was built for. The houses are beautiful and entrancing all at once... to just look at them is to look at the houses of our ...