Exploring North of Massachusetts - Newburyport

Newburyport Oct 16, 2005 Sunny Sunday
The first day when I meet Mary, she told me it's rare to have rain in Massachusetts. Probably due to the global warming and the changing of global temperature, it was raining everyday since my second week in Boxford. Most of the time, I stay indoor and eaglely hope the rain stop soon so I can step out the door to breath in some fresh air.

I woke up from my comfortably bed at 8:30 in the morning. The first thing I did was checking the sky from my little window. I saw a reflection of sun from the lamp post right infront of my window. Oh! What a sunny Sunday! Let's wake up!

Carol was staying with me in Saturday night and she pulled out a big map to show me the directions to her house. Anyway, I was driving in my own car and tailing her car all the way to her house. It is easier than my expectation. We passed by Haverhill, Merrimack and enter to Amesbury. The weather is gorgeous as it has a good mood and so am I. I looked around the scenery while I am driving and it is so impress to me! I really like to stopby in some places like Kenoza Lake, Merrimack Library and Amesbury Town. It took about half an hour to reach Carol's house.

I left my car in her house and we started out one day trip to Newburyport. First, we went to a Chinese Restaurant in the town. This restaurant serves Chinese, Thai and Japanese foods. I have my very first pot of Chinese tea in US. I cant tell the name of the tea but it's so good. I feel like I am in Malaysia.

Of course, I did not order Chinese foods nor Japanese foods. I can always cook chinese foods by myself and I dont think it is any good for Chinese food in Western countries; normally they westernise the taste. And why not Japanese foods? Well, I ate alot of nice cooking from Arai san and I think it will never be better if make by others. So, I had a Thai seafood TomYam and steam rice. Carol order a plate of spring roll and it's not bad. The waiter is a Chinese from Fujian, China. We spoke Mandarin, Cantonese, and a little of Hokkien. It's so nice to meet a Chinese and listened to Chinese songs in restaurant in US.

After fill in our stomach, I started explore Newburyport. I think Carol has heard enough for my praise for this lovely place. So far, It is the most beautiful place I have seen in US. Yeah, it's truely a New England. All the streets are so nice like I am back to England again. The window displays, and the flowers at the window added the beauty to the town.

People in Newburyport are friendly as I guess it is probably because of tourist industry here. Touring around Newburyport, you can take your own sweet time to spend a whole afternoon to survey the jewelleries shops, boutiques, gift shops, or even bookstores along the streets. Some important festivals like Halloween, Thanks giving, Christmas, and New Year are around the corner. The next festival is Halloween. Thus, the Halloween displays are everywhere in the shops as well as along the streets.

........to be continued