Goodbye Cape Cod - Hello Boston - Sept. 22, 2010

Today we checked out of our hotel and said goodbye to Cape Cod. Here are views of the bay from the hotel along with the sign post that I liked so well. Reminds me of the one the soldiers made in the movie *MASH* .

 

We drove up to Plymouth. They have the 'rock' displayed on the shore behind a fence and with a monument built up over the top. We took quite a few pictures and I tried to select the best ones for this blog.



 Views of the sea from Plymouth. Just look at the beautiful weather...again.

The monument - directly over the rock - and a statue of a Pilgrim mother erected by the direct descendents of the Pilgrims...                                           

Here I am under the monumet marker and here is a photo of what remains of the rocky bluff where the Mayflower landed. The bluff was blasted away over the years to build up the area and someone thought to keep a bolder from the blasting for history. That is what is displayed inside the monument. It has the date 1620 carved into the stone.

Here is a picture of the Mayflower II - a replica of the original ship.

I bought chocolate fudge at a candy store and the vendor recommended that we eat at "Isaacs" up the street. It was a wonderful suggestion. I had fish and chips and again we asked for and got a table by the window with an ocean view. 

We left Plymouth and drove back to Logan airport to turn in our rental car. Then took a shuttle to the Holiday Inn Express where we had rooms booked for the next two days.  In the afternoon, we checked in and showered. I wrote in my journal and Paula hemmed the sleeves of the jacket she'd bought to wear to the theater that night. We didn't have time to find a nice sit down restaurant so we ended up having BLT's at the Boston Deli across the street from our hotel. Here we are and I must say the sandwiches were really good!



a shot of the deli from the sidewalk.




inside the deli :) The owner was a "Godfather" fan - posters all over the place - and by looking at him he'd been in a fight....

After that we changed into evening outfits and left to go see "Wicked" playing at the Boston Opera House. I took this picture of the sign outside but the light changed and we had to cross the street so my shot was nearly lost and blurry too. You can just make out the bottom of the word 'Wicked' at the top left of the shot and an image of the witch on the lower right......

The play was wonderful. Our usher told us that we were fortunate to be seeing the original broadway cast as well. It was a great production. The special effects were amazing and the actors sooooo talented. I so admire talented people. They bring such joy to us.