Fall In New England

Our New England itinerary included New York City (New York), Boston (Massachusetts), Newport (Rhode Island), and Bar Harbor (Maine). There was so much colonial history to discover in this beautiful area. I fell in love with the seaport living (and delicious seafood) of Newport and Bar Harbor. Boston became one of my favorite cities with its amazing food and live music scene in Quincy Market. Some of my favorite excursions along the Freedom Trail included walking Hanover Street (one of the oldest streets in Boston), touring Paul Revere's house and other aged architectural treasures like The Bell In Hand Tavern; established in 1795, it is America's oldest tavern!

                                                                          Paul Revere's House

Freedom Trail

                                   Jimmy Fallon!

The most memorable stop in Boston was the New England Holocaust Memorial, set in the middle of the hustle and bustle of the city. The memorial has six, large glass towers representing the six death camps (Belzec, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Sobibor, Majdanek, Treblinka, and Chelmno). Each tower has the registration numbers of victims etched in white on the glass plates. While you walk the path through the towers, you read astounding quotes from survivors, and you feel the warm air rising from the grates below you. The designer, Stanley Saitowitz,  described it, "like human breath as it passes through the glass chimneys to heaven." I thought they did a beautiful job creating a beacon of memory and hope that someday we will live in a world filled only with peace and love.