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American Dream Holiday Diary
We also went on a trolley bus ride, and we
followed the freedom trail; which included the site of the Boston
Massacre, Paul Revere’ grave, Boston Common and the State House. We also
saw the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides). The Trolley bus took us past
Fenway Park, the home of the Boston Redsox, who had just won the world
series Baseball, that day. Everyone
in Boston was so excited. One day we had lunch in the ‘Cheers’ bar, which was interesting
2nd November
Today we went to a Museum called Plimouth
Plantation (not a spelling mistake, it is really spelt like that!) We
saw a film about what it must have been like for the Pilgrims when they
arrived. We went to see an ‘Indian’ village (they like to be known as
Native people) and the “Indians” Told us how their people lived when the
Pilgrims first arrived. We went into their houses which were very
different from the houses we live in. We went to see the fort that the early pilgrims built, they lived in thatched cottages, inside a fort. We took loads of Photos, of the way they lived, and where they slept, and the way they cooked their food, and some of us asked lots of questions. Tomorrow we go sightseeing in Cape Cod
10th November
We really like Mystic, it had a lovely New
England Charm and the tree colours were spectacular. We especially
enjoyed the Seaport, so much we had to go back again another
When we arrived at the hotel there was a power cut and we were worried that it would be a nuisance to us, but they soon had the power back on. It started getting colder in the evenings, but we didn’t mind as we could wrap up warm. We enjoyed eating in Mystic Pizza, which had been the setting for a soap opera. We also discovered Wal-Mart while we were here, as some of our friends might discover over Christmas. We arrived at our Hotel after a hair raising drive through the city, to find we were staying at a ‘designer hotel’ The Hotel is very near central Park which was handy, so we returned the hire cars as taxis are so easy and no one fancied driving through the city again.
The third day in New York we went to the Statue of Liberty, the security to go there was a bit of a nuisance and it took us a long time, but we got there and it was very impressive close up. Again we took lots of photos. We went by boat to see the statue, and on the way back we visited Ellis Island where all the immigrants used to come to.
On our last night we celebrated Robin and
Peters birthdays, the restaurant had made a cake and both Robin and
Peter had to blow out the candles. They both had presents to open. On our last morning we had a lie in because of the late flight home, after we had packed we went to look at Central Park, and had a carriage ride around it . It was very cold, but we did have blankets over our knees. In Central Park they have an ice rink that is open all year round - but we didn’t have a go! After a late lunch we caught the transport to the airport I’m sure we had a lot more luggage than we came with - and it certainly seems that Wal-Mart did well out of us. The journey home was very long and tiring, but the entertainment on the aircraft was good, once you worked out how to use it |
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We
went on a duck (sorry not the quack quack sort) a Dukw, which took us on
a tour of the city. It is an amphibious vehicle (one that can go on land
and water), and it took us down the river as well.
Yesterday we went to see the ship the
‘Mayflower’ and learned that it brought the first white people to
America, who are now called the Pilgrim fathers, because they started
the nation we now know as America.
day.
All the old sailing ships, and old ways of doing things. It was a
whaling village caught in time.
The
first evening we walked into Times square and had a meal, the lights and
the signs were very impressive, and the area was alive with noise and
activity. The next day most of us went to see Ground Zero (although one
of our group had to go to hospital because he wasn’t well) which we
found interesting and some of us took lots of photos and learned a lot
about what happened there. We also did a bus tour of the city, and saw
some of the sights in passing that we were going to have a proper look
at later. That night we all went to see Mary Poppins at the theatre on
Broadway, it was a fabulous show and at the end we all stood and clapped
because we had enjoyed it so much.
The
next day we went to the Empire state building, right up to the top,
where we had incredible views of the city. The building is so big we
nearly got lost. After lunch we went into the famous Macy’s store and
visited the Christmas shop there. Dinner was in a restaurant near to the
hotel, which served all the sorts of food we really like.