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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 two ｜NYC – Hartford, Connecticut

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

tour: day two ｜NYC – Hartford, Connecticut
September – October 2019

NYC

The next day of our New England and the Hudson Valley tour, we were going from NYC to Hartford, Connecticut. We got the breakfast buffet at the hotel (part of the tour) and it was nice, but I wouldn’t pay the amount they were asking (I can’t remember but it was something like $35 each!).

At 7:30am, we were on our bus for the first time, being given a tour of the city. I love doing tours of places, so I loved this and because the traffic is ...