The first time I visited Cape Cod, two years ago in 2021, I stayed at a place more centrally located on the cape, Yarmouth Port. I wandered the villages and beaches on the Atlantic coast, as well as a few other interesting spots (see below for links). Falmouth is on the southwestern point of theContinue reading “Cape Cod beach walking”
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Newport Cliff Walk
Looking for an interesting day trip from Cape Cod, I decided to check out Newport, Rhode Island. Newport is well known for hosting the America’s Cup, an international sailing regatta, the Newport Jazz Festival, and massive mansions. An upscale hangout for the rich and famous, those that can afford yachts and mansions, considered summer cottages,Continue reading “Newport Cliff Walk”
Monomoy
Back on Cape Cod, I found a new place to explore. Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge is a group of small islands off the southeast corner of Cape Cod, off the elbow, if you picture the Cape as a flexed arm. The street that leads to the refuge is Wikis Way, but the street sign wasContinue reading “Monomoy”
Medieval Ávila
On the way back from a week-long English language immersion retreat in rural Spain in 2014, I asked the bus driver to drop me off at the Ávila mirador, or lookout. As I stepped down the stairs to collect my suitcase, I could hear others on the bus—students and tutors I had just spent a weekContinue reading “Medieval Ávila “
Rural Gredos
Still exercising my English teaching skills, I have often spent a summer week in Europe at an English language immersion retreat in a remote area. The groups that sponsor these sessions are not looking for teachers per se, but native English speakers that enjoy conversation. The attendees are adults from the host country that haveContinue reading “Rural Gredos”
Boston waterfront
In my wanderings around Boston to follow the Freedom Trail and visit art musems, I walked. The distance to the waterfront was a little further, and in eighty degree (F) heat, it seemed like a good idea to take mass transit in one direction. I was staying at a bed and breakfast in Back Bay,Continue reading “Boston waterfront”
Boston art day
When I planned what I wanted to see in Boston geographically, it easily fell into three groupings: a history day, an art day, and a waterfront day. I chose two museums to fill the art day, the incomparable Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the unique Isabella Stewart Gardiner Museum. Both were southwest of myContinue reading “Boston art day”
Boston Freedom Trail
Follow the red brick stripe! The path, starting at the Information Center in Boston Common, a site where colonists gathered to rally, winds through city blocks for two and a half miles, linking historically significant sites from days of the American Revolutionary War, the war for independence from England, and the country’s early years. The trailContinue reading “Boston Freedom Trail”
Boston Common & Public Garden
My bed and breakfast was at the east end of the Back Bay neighborhood, less than one block from Boston Public Garden. I returned the rental car I used for my week in Cape Cod to Logan Airport, took the free shuttle to Back Bay, and walk, walk, walked around Boston from that central location.Continue reading “Boston Common & Public Garden”
Heritage Gardens
My last few days on Cape Cod this trip took me a few drives away. In 2021, I had arranged to meet a longtime friend but a ferocious storm blew in (Nor’easter) upending any plans. This time, we met in Duxbury for lunch, a town between the Cape and her home near Boston. Rowers wereContinue reading “Heritage Gardens”
Ruth Rosenfeld 