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applegrove

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2. Go to little Italy for dinner. Drive through Cambridge: big old professors' homes

Reply to tavernier (Original post)

Mon Sep 27, 2021, 08:38 PM

Sep 2021

Last edited Tue Sep 28, 2021, 12:47 AM - Edit history (3)

with professery gardens (built back when people had gardens) and 250 year old trees everywhere. Rent a car for sure to do that. Drive through Harvard Square too. Go to Sam's American Cafe around the corner from the Ritz if it is still there (I guess the Ritz is now called the Newbury Hotel - right off the Commons).

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I'm leaving Sunday with Goahead tours to New England [View all] tavernier Sep 2021 OP

Love Boston bottomofthehill Sep 2021 #1

We are scheduled for Salem with our travel group tavernier Sep 2021 #4

Turners seafoods. bottomofthehill Sep 2021 #7

Go to little Italy for dinner. Drive through Cambridge: big old professors' homes applegrove Sep 2021 #2

Noted tavernier Sep 2021 #5

But call it the North End. dem4decades Sep 2021 #10

? applegrove Sep 2021 #12

Little Italy in Boston is known as the North End. nt OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #14

The Union Oyster House in Boston is full of Tomconroy Sep 2021 #3

Lovely! tavernier Sep 2021 #6

Boston native and NH resident here. The foilage here in southwestern NH is not great this year. Some Raven Sep 2021 #8

It will probably be cold on top of Mt. Washington. Tomconroy Sep 2021 #9

And windy. 2naSalit Sep 2021 #11

Foliage up in Central Maine is starting to turn, but I notice that the colors aren't very vibrant OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #15

One little upscale Boston suggestion for a drink: Tomconroy Sep 2021 #13

Is this your tour? smirkymonkey Sep 2021 #16

Yes it is. tavernier Sep 2021 #18

Have a safe and beautiful trip and please post pictures if you can. padah513 Sep 2021 #17

We watched it on YouTube tavernier Sep 2021 #19

I just got back from a week in Portland Maine and the surrounding area.. Love the place mitch96 Sep 2021 #20

I've never been to Maine and really looking forward to the Portland part of our journey. tavernier Sep 2021 #21

If you only have a day and a nite, the old port is neat. Lots of shops and restaurants. mitch96 Sep 2021 #23

Try to hit some of the roadside stands for fresh apples, Vermont cheese and other goodies. Vinca Sep 2021 #22

Mmm apples, clams, pies tavernier Sep 2021 #24