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NEW ENGLAND AND THE HUDSON VALLEY tour: day five ｜Boston – Salem – Portland

Welcome to day five of the New England and the Hudson Valley tour diary, Boston – Salem – Portland.

Boston

It was an early start – leaving at 7:45am, so we were up, showered, dressed and ready for breakfast for about 7ish. Today we were going to Salem!

Salem

I’d wanted to visit Salem for a long time, probably since watching Hocus Pocus (which was on TV a lot whilst we were in the US). We were due to have a tour which I was really excited about. Unfortunately, the lady who was supposed to do the tour was ill ...

new england and the hudson valley tour: day four ｜ Boston

NYC skyline with orange text, new england and the hudson valley tour

Welcome to day four of the New England and the Hudson Valley tour diary, Boston. We were staying at the Sheraton Boston Hotel which was a very nice hotel. A thing I loved about the hotel rooms in America was that they were huge! No single beds in sight – all double and king size.

Clothes to wash, laundrettes to find

We needed to wash clothes – we’d decided Boston was good because we were there a couple of nights. First we asked if they had a laundry room in the hotel – they didn’t (too posh) but they could ...

new england and the hudson valley tour: day three ｜ Hartford – Lexington – Concord – Boston

NYC skyline with orange text, new england and the hudson valley tour

Welcome to day three of the New England and the Hudson Valley tour diary. We started the day off having breakfast at the Hartford Hilton which wasn’t much better than the offerings for dinner the night before. Everything was individually packaged and the choice was lack lustre. After we’d picked at what we could find, we were back on the coach and travelling to Lexington, MA.

Minute Men and Buckman Tavern

  • Minute Man monument
  • white church on a grass field with autumn leaves

In Lexington, we went to Buckman Tavern for a tour. Set up how it would have been when Captain Parker and his militia congregated awaiting the British Redcoat troops ...

new england and the hudson valley tour: day one ｜New York

tour: day one ｜New York
September – October 2019

We were staying in the hotel where the tour departed from – Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, so on the first day of the tour we needed to go to the lobby of the hotel, find our tour guide leader (Nancy) and check in with her.

At 6pm we were to meet in the lobby of the hotel where we would meet our tour companions for the first time. We all headed en masse to the Heartland Brewery and Chophouse which upon checking has now permanently closed. I don’t wish ...

new england and the hudson valley : arrival ｜ New York

arrival ｜ New York
September – October 2019

Back in 2019 (…and it’s nearly 2022), my husband, mum and I went on a trip to the USA! We had booked to do a tour with Globus – New England and the Hudson Valley and despite my initial reservations about a group tour, it was honestly one of the best things I have ever done in my life.

The plan was that my husband and I would fly from Tokyo to JFK and my mum would meet us there, flying in from the UK. Our flights were due to arrive at ...