Another weekend, another getaway… This time to Rhodes Island

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We started big, as big as it gets, with the visit of one of the Newport’s Cottages, the Breakers, which was the Vanderbilt summer residence in their heydays. It boast over 70 rooms and as many staff worked there before it became a museum.
I showed off my best curtsy

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which I followed with:

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Our lunch was just as grandiose and we ate in fine company with our friends Helena, Guillaume and Mathilde who joined us for a meal:

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Our post lunch digestive excercise took us along the scenic Cliff Walk

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and some interesting moss discoveries

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Before it got dark we left Newport for the Roger William Zoo in Providence where we patiently waited in line to see

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The Jack-o-Lanterns Spectacular

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Over 5000 pumpkins carved to perfection… That was my favorite part of the day.

Sunday took us to the Blue Hills Reservation on our way back to Boston for a colorful

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but chilly hike

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