Blogs from Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States, North America

Bonjour à tous Ce matin réveil très tôt. De l'extérieur l'hôtel bien, la chambre bien, mais il donne sur la rue (voir sur la photo la chamdre en bas a droite) les étudiants diplômés du matin ont bien évacués leur stress, mais le pire le métro, il passe sous la bâtisse, on l' entend bien et on sent bien les vibrations, et ce matin à 5h le camion poubelle ¼ d' heure pour l' immeuble voisin. Ce qui m' a permis d' être 8 h a l'entrée du campus d'Harvard. J'avais bien vu c'est magnifique, là aussi problème, devant toutes les bâtisses les chapiteaux ayant servis aux graduations, et je suppose aux réceptions, étaient encore installés, ou en cours de démontage. Donc très peu de photos, alors qu' il y aurait eu des plans splendides. Mais ... read more

Provincetown is 20 miles from Sandwich and more than 20 miles from any other port. So we visit here infrequently and plan for a stay of several days. If you do not want to pay for dock space, Provincetown Marina also has comfortable moorings and launch service. Anchoring is possible round the edges of the enormous bay and I have anchored a couple of times. But I never found a good anchoring spot that was anywhere close to town. And tides here are ten feet or more, which makes it very tricky to leave a dinghy on the beach for more than a couple of hours. So these days, we pay for a mooring or dock-space. If you need provisions, walk in either direction along Commercial Street and you will find a little general store that ... read more

I had come in from Montréal, QC by greyhound bus on an 8 hour overnight trip and arrived at the Boston south station in pooring rain.The forecast didn't look promising; For that Monday till Wednesday that I had my rental car booked for it was supposed to be cloudy and raining :( I took the T (silver line) to Logan airport, and hauled my bags to the rental car desk where I was told to deposit myself in the free bus that would take me to the parking lot. Upon arrival, I was first asked if I wouldn't want to consider changing my choice of car and my attention was pointed at a supersized, bling-bling, American style, tjizzle-my-nizzle-on-the-televizzle-kinda car that would fit in a driveway in LA... I kindly refused and kept my European sized vehicle ... read more

Vi bestemte os for at forlade New York og tage ud til vandet på østkysten, da der var over 40 grader i NY. Dog skulle vi lige forbi Hollister og Urban Outfitters inden vi forlod the Big Apple. Hollister blev droppet, da der var lang kø ud på gaden, men Nikolaj var heldig at få sin længe ønskede Obey kasket i Urban Outfitters. Vi ville til Cape Cod for at tilbringe et par dage ved kysten med surfing. Derefter gik turen ellers mod Cape Cod, hvor vi startede med at køre hele vejen op igennem Manhattan. Vi kom bla igennem Harlem. Hele dagen gik med at køre langs kysten til Cape Cod. Vi spiste frokost i Greenwich undervejs, hvor vi på et fjernsyn så den frygtelige tragedie i Norge. Vi måtte lige kigge en ekstra gang ... read more

The Cape in winter…..searching for lighthouses. You may need to click on a couple of the photos to enlarge. We are carefully walking with our heads down looking at the great granite boulders as we head out on the jetty in the direction of the lighthouses. The squawk of the seagulls can be heard all around, along with the swooshing of the water lapping against the jetty. We stop to look up at the sky, water, birds………we look down as we take steps on the jagged rocks. They have piled these massive granite boulders to create this walkway but you really have to pay attention to where you place your feet, as the rocks are uneven and there are gaps between the boulders. One false step and a ligament could tear or worse….a broken bone from ... read more