Sunday, August 2, 2009
11:49 a.m.
Our first official day in Massachusetts. We’re roaming about Salem today. We’ve toured the Salem Witch Museum—which was insightful and thought-provoking. We also wandered around Salem Common and had a swinging session. Swinging in Salem on Sunday—what a great, alliterated start to a beautiful day of discovery! Next, we’re headed to lunch then off to the House of Seven Gables, the Custom House, and the Derby Wharf lighthouse. *Listening to Bloc Party’s “Hunting for Witches”*
12:48 p.m.
Sitting in Engine House Pizza and Subs which claims to have the best pizza in Salem. We ordered the Fire Chief’s Special—and it’s pretty darn good. Even Bernard (Haley’s gnome) thinks so. J
I woke this morning feeling pretty good, but now I’m hitting the midday slump: my head is all stuffy and pounding, and my voice is waning. L Maybe HOSG and the Custom House will make me feel better?
5:15 p.m.
We climbed Clifford’s secret stairway in the HOSG! Actually, the staircase was added long after Hawthorne wrote HOSG in order to draw in more tourists, to make the house more like the one in Hawthorne’s’ novel. Still, it was fun to pretend to be Clifford for a moment—stealthily slinking betwixt the dining room and attic! Headed back to the hotel tonight, then going to see the new Harry Potter movie in IMAX 3D! Yippee!
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You listened to Bloc Party! =)
ReplyDeleteCrazy that after all that talk, we didn't get to swing together until we'd gone to MA!
I've trudged through three of Hawthorne's novels. But after this trip, I have this glowing idea of how magnificent and easy to read those novels must've been. For once, I actually want to read him and see if I really can enjoy his novels now.