What a delicious discovery! It's Zia Gianna Italian Bakery & Caffe on Dorchester Avenue in Boston MA. We chose it as a destination for this morning's walk about and were treated not only to a most delectable Eola Frittata and a Classic American Breakfast prepared...
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Prospect Mountain
It was supposed to be just an overnight stay at Prospect Mountain near Granville MA. We wanted to do laundry and empty our tanks then move on but then we settled in and decided to stay another day, then another one. It's been a pleasant three days. Our one outing was...
Clam Box & Hodgie’s Two
On our way back to Black Bear Campground we decided to indulge ourselves in a classic New England meal. In Ipswich we stopped at The Clam Box, a local institution, and ordered a Native Clams meal. While we waited to pick up our food at the counter a dining room table...
Seven Gables
Just south of Newbury is a small Massachusetts town that has captured the imagination of America. Salem. The home of the Witch Trials of 1692. For decades the community has capitalized on this history and developed some crazy tourist attractions. We couldn’t figure...
Newburyport
Family history drew us to this corner of Massachusetts. Black Bear Campground in Salisbury is our home while we explore the area. Newbury and it’s neighbor Newburyport date to the 1635 when Puritans emigrated to the New World and established a haven in the New World....
Lowell National Historic Park
See Lowell Park Videos So many reasons why we wanted to visit Lowell, Massachusetts and the National Historic Park here. There's our interest in the history of the Industrial Revolution, and of the textile industry, and of The Lowell Girls and their role in the...
…And Two if by Sea
Park Ranger Talk The familiar poem by Longfellow that begins with “Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere” rattled around in our brains as we explored the Minuteman National Historic Park, watched the excellent multimedia...
Fed and Restocked
The T@B-400 refrigerator was in desperate need of a refill. We had deliberately used up the perishables in anticipation of storing the trailer for our foray into Boston and six days of meals shared with family and friends. Now we're back on the road. Today we traveled...
Springfield Armory
Ranger Tour Video After our visit to Harper's Ferry we were intrigued by the chance to visit Springfield Armory. The two facilities were authorized by Congress in 1794 during the Washington administration. After the Union torching in 1861 of the facilities in Virginia...
Storrowton Tavern
This delightful eatery, Storrowton Tavern is located in a museum of historic buildings in East Springfield, Massachusetts offers traditional New England fare. Friends of ours who live nearby guided us here where the four of us feasted on Yankee Pot Roast, Fried...
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Durban: Zulu Culture Amid a Thousand Hills
The Zulu make up a large portion of the South African population and have a culture all their own. Today we traveled from the Port of Durban on the east coast of Africa to the Valley of a Thousand Hills to learn a bit about their traditional lifestyle.
Mauritius Delights: Vanilla, Rum, and Tea
The island nation of Mauritius was unfamiliar to us before we started planning this trip but today we got a wonderful introduction to this volcanic island that’s been peopled for less than 400 years. We drove past sugar cane fields and tea plantations, visited a vanilla farm, and savored a delicious Mauritian lunch while soaking up all sorts of information about the geology, history, and economy of this tiny country.
Two Adventures in Malaysia
A visit the the Hindu shrines in Batu Caves involving a climb of 272 steps into an immense limestone cavern and a pewtersmithing workshop at Royal Selangor the world’s largest producer of pewter ware were our two very different adventures near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia made for an incredible day on our first visit to this Southeastern Asian country.













