Walking Around Newport

Terri took us for a walking tour of parts of Newport this afternoon. First we went to the public library to check out free passes to a whaling museum and a discount pass to Plimouth Plantation (where we plan to go next Sunday). That's right--the library checks out passes for local attractions. Nice, huh? On the way out we couldn't resist stopping at the used bookstore, where we picked up five books for $8.

As we walked around the historic district and the waterfront, we were impressed by the plaques on every other building proclaiming the year they were built, etc. We saw the church where JFK and Jackie were married.

St. Mary's Church saw JFK wedding

We walked by St. Anne Square, which was dedicated by Queen Elizabeth and which stretches in front of Trinity Church. Unfortunately the church was closed, so we'll have to go back another day. We walked down to the waterfront and viewed all the sailboats.

St. Anne Square in front of Trinity Episcopal

Funky Wave!

Resort town

For dinner I fixed eggplant spaghetti sauce, using the long thin eggplant from the Boston farmers market, which I thought was Italian, but it may have been a Chinese variety called Ping-Tung Long. The sauce turned out delicious. Terri and Blake went to a nearby bakery for bread. They were closing, and the owner's son gave them five small loaves of delicious bread.