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Extended Travel

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New England-Inn Style-Foliage Brillance October 4-10, 2019

On day one we will fly into Boston’s Logan airport. Our tour guide and deluxe motorcoach will greet us upon arrival. We may do some touring in Boston, if time allows, before heading to our hotel for the next two nights. Day 2: Boston. Today we enjoy a city tour of Boston, the capital and largest city in Massachusetts and one of the nation’s oldest cities spanning a history of 350 years in a distance of less than three miles. We have free time for lunch on our own in the 150 year-old restored buildings of the famous Quincy Market, which faces Faneuil Hall and houses a cheerful and colorful confusion of chic shops, specialty pushcart vendors, cafes, restaurants, and street performers. We will see the famous Freedom Trail winding its way through the downtown area and many historic sites including the Old State House, Faneuil Hall, the Boston Commons and the Public Gardens. We stay in Boston for the night. (B, D) Day 3: Maine to NH. After breakfast we are off to Maine and to our next two nights in the lakes and mountains of New Hampshire. We travel along the Mas- sachusetts and New Hampshire coastlines. Stop in the seaside village of York to enjoy a traditional Maine clam (lobster) bake; clam chowder, clams, mussels, lob- ster (or Hickory BBQ chicken), corn on the cob, and potatoes–a real New England tradition. Following lunch we head to Portland Maine and visit the Portland Head Lighthouse, and then to the White Mountains. We drive along the Kancamagus Highway, one of New England’s most spectacular scenic highways to witness the fall foliage season. We spend the night at the Omni Mount Washington Hotel with dinner on our own. (B, Lobster Lunch) Day 4: NH to Vermont. This morning we will take the Cog Railway to the top of Mount Washington where we can see four states–Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire. Then we head through the north country into Vermont and to Montpelier where we will see the gold-leafed dome of the Capitol Building, and the Morse Farm Sugar Shack. Our hotel for the next two nights is in Essex Junc- tion, Vermont. Dinner is included this evening. (B, D) Day 5: Vermont. We travel to Burlington and the Stowe area to the Vermont Teddy Bear Company, we dare you to visit the gift shop and not buy one. Lunch is on our own in downtown Burlington, then on to Waterbury for a couple of great

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