Boston and Newport

Earlier this week I was in Boston, MA and Newport, RI. I absolutely love traveling and took a bunch of pictures. Unfortunately I only have one picture from Boston to post. I always forget to take pictures whenever I am there. I'm not sure why. . . I guess maybe I'm too busy enjoying the city!

Boston

The Cliff Walk-Newport

From www.visitrhodeisland.com: "Named one of "50 Places of a Lifetime" by National Geographic Traveler, this 3.5-mile picturesque walk wraps itself along Newport's spectacular Atlantic coastline with the crashing surf on one side of the trail and the magnificent Gilded Age mansions on the other."

Huge Mansions along the Cliff Walk

We ate lunch at the Barking Crab.

Newport itself is a really cute touristy town. The beach is pretty, but not the best I've seen in New England, or even Rhode Island. From wikipedia: "Newport was also a major center of piracy during the late 17th and early 18th century. So many pirates used Newport as their base of operations that the London Board of Trade made an official complaint to the English government. . . . During the American Revolution, Newport was the scene of much activity. One of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, William Ellery, came from Newport. He later served on the Naval Committee.. . . By the turn of the 20th century, many of the nation's wealthiest families were summering in Newport, including the Vanderbilts, Astors, and the Widener family, who constructed the largest "cottages", such as The Breakers (1895) and Miramar.^[17] They resided for a brief social season in grand, gilded mansions with elaborate receiving, dining, music and ballrooms, but with few bedrooms, since the guests were expected to have "cottages" of their own. Many of the homes were designed by the New York architect Richard Morris Hunt, who himself kept a house in Newport." Link Here

More to come later!