Plimoth Plantation :: 1627 English Village

The second part of the museum was a recreation of the English Village in 1627 — you can also meet the Pilgrims (costumed role players!) and we talked to a few, learned new things, and it was all cool experiences.

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They talked to each other in role-play, too.

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You can walk into any houses and there they are, (playing to be) living:

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Randy asks him what he does for living and he says “surviving”

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The guy on the right talked to us for 15-20 minutes… and later, we found him on the front page of the Boston newspaper!

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Met lots of animals, too, which is always fun.

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View from the “meeting place” (church) — it was beautiful with the ocean right there! (click to see larger image)

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Plimoth Plantation :: Wampanoag

I wanted to do something different in Boston this time and Randy took me to Plimoth Plantation on Saturday — it was an opening day from a long winter break, too.

The museum is a recreation of how the native Wampanoag people and the Colonial English community lived together in the 1600s after they came to the land with the Mayflower. I never really knew a lot about the history behind the country so it was very interesting to learn, see, and talk to people! It was a very unique interesting museum experience I’ve ever had.

There are 2 parts in this museum and here are some pictures from “Wampanoag Homesite

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On the Road

Here are some pictures from the road from NYC to Boston. It was so beautiful throughout the weekend!

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There are so many white trees – never seen that in California.

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Sleepy Maia

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Good Friday

Randy had a day-off on Good Friday the March 21st, so we planned to go to Boston for the long weekend since it’s easter and my sister-in-low’s birthday as well. We had a few options, but the train and the airplane was just way too expensive and so we decided to take Chinatown bus. It is 15 dollars each way!

From Manhattan bridge – the view of the city is always breathtaking. (click to see larger images)

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and here we are, at the bus station. We got tickets online through Fung Wah Bus.

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We got there 30 min before and there was an earlier bus and so we were just gonna take the bus and then, just when we were trying to get on the bus, the lady found Maia in the bag and said

“No animals. Go refund your tickets.”

We tried, but the lady didn’t let us get on and sure enough, it says “No animals.” by the ticket booth…. we couldn’t believe it!!! and we had to think of an alternative quick – to rent a car. Randy didn’t want to drive, but it was the only way left… Randy’s iPhone really comes in handy in this kind of situation, and we finally got a car 3 hours later.

To be continued…

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