Fall Foliage Tour V

Today was the day to leave our amazingly wonderful bed and breakfast in Falmouth, the Inn on the Sound. We joined some of the other guests for a delicious breakfast. Our host Howard chatted to us about the local weather and the working of the town. The food and the service were beyond belief. The attention to detail and the accommodations were all perfect. We will definitely make a point of returning the this beautiful spot and this particular bed and breakfast. After making our farewells, we drove the short distance to the local Jewish Center. We walked in and were greeted by a few of the people we saw. We were introduced to Pamela, who heads up the lifelong learning center. She could not have been friendlier or more helpful. She told us all about the synagogue, introduced us the the Rabbi and gave us a personal tour of the 1793 meeting room in which they hold the special events and high holiday services. This was a fascinating experience. We are going to try to time our next visit so that we can experience services in this historical building.

We decided to make a short detour from our route to Marblehead, to visit Plymouth. We saw the Plymouth Rock, where a very nice young man explained the history and the significance thereof. We then spent some time on the Mayflower II. A few actors in period costumes explained what life was like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in the Mayflower and landing on these strange shores. They were excellent in their depiction of the people of those times. We enjoyed this history lesson thoroughly. We would recommend this to any patriotic Americans or visitors to the USA.

We them made the 40 mile journey from Plymouth to Marblehead, taking over two-and-a-half hours. The roads were blocked. It amazed me how bad the roads around Boston really are. The freeways are either blocked or have many uncoordinated traffic lights causing long delays. On reaching Marblehead, we found our bed and NO breakfast. To be honest, it is a disgrace that a place like this is allowed to operate. I would stay away from the Marblehead Summer house. The owner clearly has no clue about the hospitality industry. Oh well... We quickly changed and drove to Newton for Sabbath dinner with a long time friend. We had to battle the traffic again, taking an hour and fifteen minutes to drive twenty miles. This would be enough to put me off from visiting this side of Boston ever again. Dinner however, was wonderful. It was so enjoyable seeing marty, his wife, son, mother and two friends from Israel. It was a pity we were so tired and had to leave just after 10pm to get back to Marblehead. It would have been wiser to stay on that side of Boston. An interesting day, none the less.