PA Travel Blog » Fall Foliage http://www.patravel.com/blog The Vacation Experts Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:41:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Susan’s Fall Foliage Tour – “Culinary New England” with Globus Tours – Day 8 http://www.patravel.com/blog/2009/10/susans-fall-foliage-tour-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%9cculinary-new-england%e2%80%9d-with-globus-tours-day-8/ http://www.patravel.com/blog/2009/10/susans-fall-foliage-tour-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%9cculinary-new-england%e2%80%9d-with-globus-tours-day-8/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:35:51 +0000 admin http://www.patravel.com/blog/?p=261 Day 8: Salem and Boston

 

Our Coach at the Ocean - Heading Home

Our Coach at the Ocean - Heading Home

Just another hour or two in the bus. We stopped in Salem and made sure that the witches were all still dead. And finished up in Boston where we went to the airport and back to Philly to rest up from our vacation.

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Coast of Maine near Bush Compound

Day 7: North Conway to Kennebunkport 

We talked ourselves into the Wildcat Mountain gondola. Great view of Mt Washington and more red, orange and yellow leaves than I thought I’d be able to see. We drove through the countryside to Kennebunkport. There were no reported sightings of any Bushes, but we did get a good look at the family summer place – pretty nice.

Wildcat Mountain, NH in the Fall

Wildcat Mountain, NH in the Fall

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Covered Brides of Jackson County

Covered Brides of Jackson County

White Mountains

White Mountains

Day 6: Cabot and North Conway, NH

We stopped at Cabot Creamery, where they make great cheddar – we watched them do it and followed up by eating a good amount. The leaves were turning a nice color once we got here (October 1) and the “fall foliage” part of the trip is starting to get redeemed quite nicely. I think  ”Bridges of Madison County” took place in Iowa, but Clint Eastwood could have come here and found all he needed.

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New England Culinary Institute in Essex Junction

New England Culinary Institute in Essex Junction

 

This is the learning part of the culinary program. We stayed at the New England Culinary Institute in Essex. Dinner involved a “cooking” demo by the culinary institute people, followed by a “dining” demo by our crowd.

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Covered Bridge

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Norman Rockwell's Studio

 We drove to Stockbridge in the Berkshire Mountains. I didn’t know, but should have guessed that Norman Rockwell of the Saturday Evening Post covers lived in this area. We visited his studio/museum which looks just like it should for the Saturday Evening Post.

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Today was Newport, RI. We visited Ocean Drive where the robber barons that we learned about in high school social studies spent all their money on a spectacular string of mansions along the ocean. Vanderbilt was one of them.

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Gloucester, Mass

Gloucester, Mass

We spent the day doing the historic sights in Boston including Paul Revere territory around Old North Church. The highlight was a short drive away in Gloucester (Perfect Storm country) where we did a Harbor Cruise looking for George Clooney and finished up with an outdoor lobster dinner.

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Old North Church

Old North Church

Day 1: Boston

 

My mom and I flew from Philly to Boston in time for a seafood dinner at the Union Oyster House, which they told us has been open since 1826, making it the oldest restaurant in the country. It was a nice place to meet the rest of the 30 some odd people who were on this tour with us.

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