Last days of the trip
With Niagara, we ended our Canada trip. The next days were okay, but were basically just getting back to Boston. The last day in Ontario, we decided to look for an old friend of our father who emigrated to Canada in the 50s. Thanks to the help of a girl in a tourist office near Lake Eerie, we got in touch with his wife. The man had passed away this May, but the widow wanted us to see us anyway, so we headed that direction. Through yet more farmland, that used to belong to a lot of immigrants from Flanders who had thriving tobacco plantations there. Of course, there's nothing left of that industry anymore and the sons of the Flemish immigrants emigrate to other places.
We drove through New York State and stopped at the Finger Lakes District, where we visited a winery and an Amisch store. That was a surprise. The Finger Lakes has only been a wine region for 10 years or so, but it was beautiful and the Amish, well they sold their land in Pennsylvania and moved up north to NY state. The Amish girls working there were unfriendly though and i thought it was weird that you could pay with visa in a store of a community that is known to not use electricity. Oh well.
I had planned to visit lots of things in New England, but we somehow didn't manage to get to Vermont or New Hampshire and we had missed that first day in Maine. In stead, we drove through the Berkshires, in Eastern Massachuttes, which was nice. Stockbridge, Lee and Lenox were worth driving through as you could see the big summer mansions of the rich of Boston and New York. But Williamstown in the north was a bore. THen we took the Mohawk Trail under the border with Vermont which was nice, especially the flower covered bridge of Shelburne Falls where we had lunch. But then the drive to Boston was long and boring.
We stayed at the Motel 6 in Braintree and that is a tip for all of you who want to visit! it's just right at the final stop of a metro line and it's half cheaper as staying in Boston itself. We took the metro and I showed my sis the Freedom trail. She wasn't imrpessed frist, as i wasn't imrpessed the first time either, but by the time we arrived at Quincy Market it was all good. We at on a pavement restaurent there and watched the atmosphere which was really nice.
Next day we went to Cape Cod, stopped to have breakfast in a village called Sandwich! and then headed to Provincetown which i absolutly loved last year. We spent a whole afternoon there and it was carnaval, so we got an extra treat. We had great fun. I really like the place a lot. Nice main street, nice view, nice beach, nice people. I even met a couple that lived there who were on my first tour this year. they invited us in to drink STella, a beer that you find EVERYWHERE in canada and new england. If i'm old i'll go back to provincetown for a longer stay.
We drove through New York State and stopped at the Finger Lakes District, where we visited a winery and an Amisch store. That was a surprise. The Finger Lakes has only been a wine region for 10 years or so, but it was beautiful and the Amish, well they sold their land in Pennsylvania and moved up north to NY state. The Amish girls working there were unfriendly though and i thought it was weird that you could pay with visa in a store of a community that is known to not use electricity. Oh well.
I had planned to visit lots of things in New England, but we somehow didn't manage to get to Vermont or New Hampshire and we had missed that first day in Maine. In stead, we drove through the Berkshires, in Eastern Massachuttes, which was nice. Stockbridge, Lee and Lenox were worth driving through as you could see the big summer mansions of the rich of Boston and New York. But Williamstown in the north was a bore. THen we took the Mohawk Trail under the border with Vermont which was nice, especially the flower covered bridge of Shelburne Falls where we had lunch. But then the drive to Boston was long and boring.
We stayed at the Motel 6 in Braintree and that is a tip for all of you who want to visit! it's just right at the final stop of a metro line and it's half cheaper as staying in Boston itself. We took the metro and I showed my sis the Freedom trail. She wasn't imrpessed frist, as i wasn't imrpessed the first time either, but by the time we arrived at Quincy Market it was all good. We at on a pavement restaurent there and watched the atmosphere which was really nice.
Next day we went to Cape Cod, stopped to have breakfast in a village called Sandwich! and then headed to Provincetown which i absolutly loved last year. We spent a whole afternoon there and it was carnaval, so we got an extra treat. We had great fun. I really like the place a lot. Nice main street, nice view, nice beach, nice people. I even met a couple that lived there who were on my first tour this year. they invited us in to drink STella, a beer that you find EVERYWHERE in canada and new england. If i'm old i'll go back to provincetown for a longer stay.
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