[Regia-NA] OT - Eastern States tour

[CR Mayhew Comcast Account]

If I was doing a driving tour of the Northeast, I would drive up the long 
way from New York to Boston via I-95 along the coast through Connecticut and 
Rhode Island (longer, but much prettier drive).  These are some personal 
favorite places to go:


Mystic Seaport
A re-created 19th century village that is part of the USA's leading maritime 
museum...fun to climb aboard the ship, the Charles W. Morgan, and ask all 
sorts of questions.
http://www.mysticseaport.org

Mystic Marinelife Aquarium
Whole lotta fish, Amazon Exhibit and the Titanic...
http://www.mysticaquarium.org/

Abbott's Lobster-in-the-Rough, Noank, CT (near Mystic)
Boiled lobster & corn on the cob served dockside on picnic tables.  Simple, 
cheap, and really tasty.  BYOB.  My dad's favorite restaurant.  I'm not 
kidding.
http://www.abbotts-lobster.com/directions.html

The Cliffwalk, Newport, Rhode Island
This is a beautiful walking path built in between the sea and Newport's 
famous mansions.
http://walking.about.com/od/trailusaeast/p/ucnewportri.htm OR
http://walking.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=walking&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cliffwalk.com%2F

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on Huntington Avenue in Boston, MA
The Isabella has a collection of masterworks (Rembrandt, Michelangelo, 
Sargeant, Titian, and quite a few medieval pieces in the mix), all set up in 
such as way that you can get up close and really see the works.  The museum 
is the former home of a serious art collector who specified in her will that 
things be left as she arranged them.  The courtyard is wonderful.
http://www.gardnermuseum.org/

The Christian Science Center on Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, MA
This collection of buildings is a brick oasis in the city, with a lovely 
large reflecting pool.  The Mother Church is occasionally open to visitors. 
The Library is worth a visit, as there is an interesting interactive 
word-art exhibit there, as well a walk-through stained-glass globe of the 
world made in the 1930s called the Maparium.  (Reviews of the Science Center 
follow.)
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Massachusetts/Boston-794476/Things_To_Do-Boston-Maparium_Christian_Science_Center-BR-1.html

The King Fung Garden, 74 Kneeland Street, Boston
If you like Chinese food, this is the place.  There are prettier places to 
go, but none better than this.  I was shocked to find it on the web:
http://boston.citysearch.com/profile/4724619/boston_ma/king_fung_garden.html

(Chinatown in Boston is fun to stroll around as well.)


Hope you enjoy your trip, whatever route you take!

--charlotte mayhew



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kim Siddorn" <kim.siddorn at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "list-Regia-NA" <list-regia-na at lig.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:50 PM
Subject: [Regia-NA] OT - Eastern States tour


> Hello all.
>
> I'm hoping to pick a few brains here if I may. Hazel and I are planning a
> driving holiday in the Eastern States from 19th October to 12th November.
> In general terms, we plan to fly into JFK, spend a day or two in 
> Manhattan,
> collect a hire car & drive to Boston & the Cape. Then westwards across
> Vermont, crossing Lake Champlain into upstate New York and, via the
> Catskills, south west to pick up the Blue Ridge Parkway & part of the
> Appalachians.
>
> Then we plan to curve south and east towards Florida, taking in Cape
> Canaveral before we drop the car off in Orlando & fly home.
>
> I've driven in the 'States before & have no problem with long distance
> driving - we did 4.5k miles in three weeks on the West Coast a couple of
> years ago.
>
> Aside from the Smithsonian, are there any "must see" things/places we 
> should
> be taking in that are generally on the way? - but principally, are there 
> any
> snags or "watch out fors" that a visitor might not expect? Strangely 
> enough,
> I am not especially interested in looking at museums etc - I'm on holiday!
> ;o))
>
> I'd appreciate any help offered and would be glad for off list replies
> rather than clutter up this forum.
>
> Thanks!
>
> regards,
>
> Kim Siddorn.
>
>
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