March Travelogue Part 1: Marblehead & Salem

The day began with sweets (as all days should, really).

Fortified with pastries, we ventured up to Marblehead.
White waves crashing rhythmically, a spring breeze with just the right amount of bite, a blue sky stretching out over a day with no responsibilities, feeling only anticipation of what was to come...

Then down to Salem for a tour of the House of Seven Gables (omg, cool secret passageway you guys!). Doors in Salem are beautiful: painted ocean blue with nautical motifs -- someday I'd like a door that opens towards the sea...

An impromptu decision to stop for dinner in Boston at "America's oldest restaurant," the Union Oyster House. My brother convinced me to try the raw oysters (it's actually pretty easy to get me to try almost anything), and while yummy, am still wondering what first compelled people to eat something that can't be chewed.

Leaving the city was more challenging than we'd anticipated (GPS = more hindrance than help) and we ended up taking the long way home, via Rhode Island.
So that was four states in one day (CT, MA, NY, and RI) -- a quintessentially New England jaunt, a crisp and sunny beginning to a brief but bountiful vacation.