Day 57 Rochester to Stowe We woke to a misty morning. Breakfast was part of our stay but unfortunately only one of the cooks arrived. Instead of breakfast starting at 8.30am, we did not sit down to eat until 9.00am. At least by the time we had finished eating the mist had lifted and technically we only had an hour and half drive to get to Stowe. So it ended up being a lazy start to the day. Driving on the minor roads, we were able to continually stop to ...

Day 56 Amherst to Rochester Carolyn made us a lovely breakfast to get us on our way. Audley mentioned a few more places for us to see on our way to Rochester. The day started out rather overcast but it improved as we headed north. Heading off we went to the look out on the outskirts of Amhurst that Audley mentioned. Being an overcast day the views were not as good as it might have been on a sunny day. The next recommendation was Yankee Candle Village. Thi...

Day 55 Boston to Amherst After packing up we put our bags into the locker room whilst we walked down near the harbour to pick up the rental car. After picking up the luggage we headed south for Plymouth (the opposite directionto what we will be going later). In Plymouth we saw the replica of the Mayflower and Plymouth Rock. The rock is about a third of its original size. Over the centuries it has been cut in half with the top half put on display, painte...

Day 54 Boston We woke to more grey skies but at least there was no rain. We enjoyed the breakfast provided by the hostel and then we set out for a day of sightseeing. Our first stop was the Boston Public Garden. These gardens are next to Boston Common (otherside of Charles Street). Skirting the northern side of the garden is Beacon Street. This is part of what is known as the Back Bay area. Not far down this street we came to the Bulfinch Bar, more common...

Day 53 Boston We arrived in Boston to overcast, drizzly weather. Disembarkation went smoothly. We had filled in yet another immigration form and had ticked that we did have some seeds (Vince had 2 packs of seeds from the Halifax Citadel). As we walked off the ship a border patrol officer took our form without looking at it and we just kept walking (we are not sure why we needed to fill in a form if no one was looking at it!) With the drizzling rain we w...