Fri Sept 6 - Salem, MA

Waiting for the Trolley in Salem, MA

http://www.salem.org/

Peabody Essex Museum

http://www.pem.org/

On the trolley

At the House of Seven Gables:

http://www.7gables.org/

 The Gardens

 Inside the counting house

View from the counting house

 Driving the boat

View of the harbor

Waiting for the tour

No photos allowed inside.

While we waited for the trolley to pick us up we visited this old candy store:

http://peppercandy.net/

The queen was not pleased with her turtle

One of many old homes in Salem.

Thursday Sept 5 - shipment came in - had to work all day

The pepper man of Eliot made some delicious stuffed peppers - 2 kinds - pork filling and mashed spuds.

Wed - Sept 4- Boston - Trolley & Boat Tour

View from Trolley

In Boston for the first time

Quincy Market (Boston people pronounce it Quinze)

http://www.faneuilhallmarketplace.com/restaurants/all

Seated in the boat ready for the tour of Boston Harbor

View while waiting to leave the harbor

Pictures taken while on the boat:

Off the boat ready to eat:

Boston North End - Italian district

We ate here:

http://www.trattoriailpanino.com/

 Looks good!

The Menu

The View

The Queen had Pesto

The princess had clams

Next Stop Mikes:

http://www.mikespastry.com/history.html

Inside Mikes

1 Pistachio cannoli

YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love the Box

Back on the trolley:

 Leonard Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge

 Bunker Hill monument

 the commons

 Bobby Orr statue

Park

Irish Famine Memorial:

http://www.boston.com/famine/

 The Irish immigrants upon arrival during the potato famine

The Irish Americans healthy in their new land - Thank you grandpa Judge for coming to America!

Tuesday Sept 3 - Anneke Jans for dinner

On tuesday we worked all day and then went to dinner at Anneke Jans in Kittery, ME:
http://www.annekejans.net/

trying one of the homemade spicy potato chips

The queen ate grilled shrimp and polenta.