We got an early start again. I woke up at 5 am and went down for breakfast at 6.30. The breakfast at our hotel is really good and its nice to have time to enjoy it.
After breakfast, we drove down to Cape Cod. As our first stop we chose Plymouth, the historical site of the first successful colony in the US. It was a glorious morning as we parked the car down by the water. The sun was shining but the air was still cool and fresh.
In front of the Mayflower replica
Passing by the copy of the "Mayflower II" - the ship of the "pilgrims" arriving in Cape Cod in 1620 we went down to the harbor cruise boats. We inquired about a harbor tour in a steam paddle boat. It was scheduled for 11 am, so we decided to walk around town until then.
First, we saw the "Plymouth" rock, which used to be a big rock, but has been reduced in size by people who have hacked off pieces of it as souvenirs. The rock, it is said, had a special meaning to the pilgrims, lying close to the first landing place and being the only big rock on the beach at the time. The pilgrims named their new town "Plymouth", which was the name of the town in Devon, England, from where they started their journey.
George in front of the church in Plymouth
We ventured up the "Leyden Street", first road in the town, and had a look at the churches on the hill. An old guy was putting up a sign in front of one of them and we went in. The man, called George, gave us a lengthy explanation of the church (starting from Henry VIII...) and showed us upstairs. Apparently, the whole construction had been lifted in 1840 (?) to make room for the lower level. Once upstairs, an expansive, light-filled room opens up in what looks like a scandinavian style church with a simple, elegant, white-painted interior.
On the harbor cruise in Plymouth
After George's long monologue, we hurried down to the harbor and got on the Mississippi steam boat replica. It took us past the Mayflower model and along the shore line and the beach point of the narrow stretch of land which creates the shielded harbor of Plymouth.
After Plymouth we shopped for picnic supplies and drove to North Falmouth were we went to the beach "Old Silver". We had our food and later went swimming. The water was reasonably warm, warmer than we had suspected (remembering the ice cold current which used to make swimming in the sea a cold experience when we lived in Boston).
When we came home we were tired and Michael didn't complain too much about not going to the pool. We saw that the English brats were in the pool room.
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