Blogs from Castine, Maine, United States, North America

Castine, Maine Maritime Academy We crossed the Deer Isle Bridge again and headed south on Rt. 176 through the town of Penobscot to Castine. The center of this classic New England town organizes around the lovely campus of the Maine Maritime Academy. The Campus winds down to the waterfront out to a public wharf and the Academy’s piers. We sat on a picnic table on the town wharf and consumed our second great lunch of lobster from Kurt’s great catch. The State of Maine, the Academy’s training ship is tied up here and we took the 1pm tour. The tour takes you up, through, down and around the ship. A female student seaman led our tour and shared her experiences on the ship and at the school. Her presentation was both knowledgeable and interesting. She had ... read more