We left MV on Thursday in the sunshine, what a pity! Would have loved to stay for one more day. Fortunately, we had at least taken a couple of pics still this morning before our gourmet breakfast à la carte in the hotel.
Picked up our car in New Bedford (pic above) and drove on towards Plymouth, along the coast, where most beaches (see pic above) are private and not easily accessible. Since we had a little bit of time before our tour in the Pilgrim Hall Museum, we explored Main Street Plymouth (pic), which is much more attractive than we remembered, with many bakeries, cafés, restaurants and shops now - and the waterfront and marina (pic), where the famous "Mayflower" a replica of the original Pilgrims' boat - who arrived here in 1620 - is usually anchored. Due to "Plymouth 400", the 400th anniversary of Plymouth in 2020 the boat was brought to Mystic for restauration. Plymouth was the second lasting settlement of Englishmen in the U.S. after Jamestown.
The museum showed very interesting with its original Pilgrims' relicts, good background for our following visit at Plymouth Plantation, a reconstruction of the original settlement Plimouth as well as a village of the Wampanaug, the local native americans. A thunderstorm went through and we had to run from one structure to the next to avoid getting too wet.
A seasonal farmers' market (pic) took place on the grounds this afternoon, and, to our full surprise, it was more of a gourmet market, with a band playing and foodtrucks, than a regular veggie/flowers market. But, we forgot that we are 1. in New England and 2. in Plymouth, where many baby-boomers recently bought property and settled.
Our hotel today was somehow "in the woods", in a neighborhood called Pine Hills, a coupe of miles outside town, very hidden and secluded. Didn't know, that we are facing a 5-star luxury hotel in the shape of a castle and, even better, we got one of the two rooms in the tower, with a large bathroom, a balcony towards the beautifully manicured gardens (with loudly croaking frogs in the pond). Also, a spa (which we didn't get a chance to try) and a bistro belonged to the new and immaculate complex.
Paul picked us up for dinner in Rye Tavern, a former farmhouse, also located in the woods. There, we had probably our last great seafood dishes, pan-seared scallops and black bass, delicious! Accompanied by good beer and good conversation in was a pleasant evening.
"Lobster Art" in downtown Plymouth:
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