Marie's Web Log

Thanks Terry, for these. Ours won't be ready for a few days. To be honest, I haven't taken them to be developed yet. Oh the joys of a non-digital camera. Read on for more details on the trip.

We arrived in the US on Friday June 10 and stayed one night just south of Boston. It was very hot and humid for the first few days. We drove down from Boston to Cape Cod, stopping in Plymouth partly to see Plymouth Rock (which is pretty much just a big rock chosen at random with a roof built over it and the year the Pilgrims landed inscribed - I can't even remember what the year is now) and partly so we could say would been to both Plymouths - there's one just down the road from here too, which is presumably where the pilgrims left from.

On Saturday we met our friends from Mississauga at the same house we stayed at 2 years ago. Eight adults, and seven children under the age of 10. People give me funny looks when I tell them that. It was a big house though, with a big garden for the kids to run around in. I don't think I took any photos of it this time, but I'll try to dig out a few from last time.

What did we do there? We went to the beaches - some of which have sand flats for miles when the tide goes out. We ate the seafood - lots of it. We went to some of the towns - Provincetown is a particular favourite. It's right up at the tip of the Cape, and apart from being the "gay mecca" it's quite an artsy, cute place. They were having a film festival when we were there.

Some of us played mini-golf on one of the fantastically over-the-top mini-golf courses. (Think huge fountains, gigantic skulls with water spurting out, whole jungle scenes. There were several of these. The Las Vegas of mini-golf land.)

We exclaimed again at the sheer size of many Americans, even the children, and their fondness for dressing in over-sized athletic wear. If you're ever feeling a bit dumpy and fat, take a trip to the States. You'll feel thin and stylish by comparison.

We marvelled at how bad the driving is - in the sense that they use their huge cars to hog both lanes with no regard for anyone around them, or even the knowledge that anyone else is there. They actually have a few large roundabouts as we call them here in Britain - they call them rotaries, and they have no idea how to use them. They don't know when or how to yield. I'm surprised there aren't more accidents.

Some of us drank a few too many martinis. Some of us got sunburn. And most of all we enjoyed seeing our friends.

Until next time...