After about 50 minutes we made our first stop at New London. The train was too long for the station, with some people alighting on a level crossing. The next stop, just about 10 minutes on, is Mystic, with a similar issue. One of the most noticeable things so far has been the number of yachts and motor launches riding at anchor. It must be cheap to have them as it appears that most people have one for fishing or just cruising on "the Sound".
At New London there was a large vehicular ferry in dock, presumably to take people out to Fisher's Island, which I expect would be vary much a holiday spot for locals.
Next stop is a place called Westerly. This time our car seemed to be at the station, although it appears that there is no raised platform where our car is stopped. We seem to be heading more north-east now, away from Long Island Sound. Next stop is Kingston. Interestingly, the two towns either side are North and South Kingstown.
We are heading north now, leaving Newport behind. After that it's Providence, Rhode Is. The train picked up a fair bit of speed after Kingston, making the internet difficult to connect to.
Well, we arrived in Boston a few minutes ahead of time. I had read about the various tours, so we went straight to the Big bus tour. They gave us a seniors rate (!!), plus a Big Splash tour on Boston Harbour and another option. They also let us use their tour bus to go to Stop 5 at Boston Garden, over the road from our hotel. By the the time we had checked in it was nearly 2:30 so we went into Canal Street where we found Buskers Bar. We had a nice meal with a Boston Samuel Adams Oktoberfest beer ( http://www.grandcanalboston.com/function-buskers.html ).
We wandered through the Little Italy section, and found Paul Revere's house, which we toured.
It seems remarkable that elements of America's founding are still standing here. We had dinner at a small ristorante on Salem Street - Pasta e Pomodoro - memorable ( see http://pastapomodoronorthend.com/ ). Salem Street is not the main street - that's Hanover Street -, but there are still many good restaurants here. There are also some renowned biscuit-makers which are endlessly busy. Many people barely make it outside before sampling their purchases!! Some of the restaurants are quite small. About the only thing different from Sicily itself is that the streets are not closed off, although there is not much room for cars.
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