door Rob ten Kroode | Dec 28, 2008 | Christmas 2008
It’s sunday today, so we’re taking it slow. We wanted to take the tour around the Icecream facility of Ben & Jerry’s, but since it is sunday there is no ice making and therefor the tour is supposed to be boring. So we’ll do this when we...
door Rob ten Kroode | Dec 27, 2008 | Christmas 2008
We said goodbye to our nice hosts at the Pomegranate Inn, and got ready for the long drive to Stowe. We decided to take a scenic route instead of the highways. This meant we would probably need 5 hours or more to get to Stowe. But the good thing about this: we got to...
door Rob ten Kroode | Dec 26, 2008 | Christmas 2008
After driving a full day, we will stay in Portland today. Well, almost the entire day. This morning we were slow. Late breakfast, relaxing in our room, just enjoying holiday. But eventually we got in the car and drove to the coast to look at some lighthouses. Very...
door Rob ten Kroode | Dec 25, 2008 | Christmas 2008
After a few hours driving we ended up in Bangor, the city where Stephen King lives. I had found his address on the internet, so we decided to pay him a visit. Of course we did not have the guts to ring his bell. But there was someone home. There was a car and the...
door Rob ten Kroode | Dec 24, 2008 | Christmas 2008
Today we left Boston to drive north. To Portland, Maine, to be exact. But we didn’t go straight to Portland. First stop is Salem. Two reasons: lunch at an original diner, and the Witch museum. Salem is known for the witch hunting that went on at the end of the...
door Rob ten Kroode | Dec 23, 2008 | Christmas 2008
Boston is known for a lot of things. Beer is one of those things. There are quite a lot of micro breweries, but there is also Samual Adams. A brewery that is relatively new, but very successful. And really good tasting as well! Forget about Budweiser, Miller, etc.:...