Lexington, Concord, Walden Pond. National Historic Park on the beginning of American Revolution; interesting exhibits along route between them. Visitor centers, gift shops. Concord also a cultural center and the home of many authors – Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow – exhibits/museums . Walden Pond made famous by Henry David Thoreau- a pleasant, relaxing park, with a path around the pond.
Wayside Inn/Grist Mill, DeCordova Museum Purchased by Henry Ford for restoration, picturesque Grist Mill, the school where Mary had her little lamb, chapel. The Wayside Inn continues to be an excellent restaurant – where we will have lunch one day
DeCordova Museum, in the town of Lincoln ten minutes from Sudbury, is a top-quality art museum that specializes in large outdoor sculptures
Boat trip to Provincetown, Cape swim? From Boston, there is a regular passenger ferry to the tip of Cape Cod. We could take the ferry, then spend the day on the cape. Or a whale watch trip from Boston or from Newburyport or Gloucester
Boston (2 days): a show, walking tour, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Science, New England Aquarium, Quincy Market, Harvard campus. There are numerous things to see and do in Boston and – across the Charles River – Cambridge. On Saturday, we could take in a matinee in the theater district. The top museums are the Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Science, and the New England Aquarium. Each is world quality (admission fees)
There is a well-marked walking tour of Boston that highlights the many historical sites (including cemeteries). Along it are Quincy Market (where we can have lunch), with lots of nice shops and Faneuil Hall (where the Boston Tea Party was hatched)
Salem, Newburyport, Plum Island. Famous for its witch trials in the 1600s. National wildlife refuge on Plum Island
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