Just a quick update. On the bus from Manchester, New Hampshire to Springfield, Massachusetts at the moment. A bit annoyed as the bus for the first leg was an hour late so I missed my connecting bus that was meant to get me in to Springfield at 7pm. Now I'm looking at a 10pm arrival if all goes well. And the internet on the first bus didn't work - slack, eh?
Had a lovely two days and nights with a gorgeous grey cat - but no substitute for my Merlin (and Maab). He would sleep with me and cuddle up and purr madly. He adopted the Servas hosts I stayed with only a month ago and is just a lovely natured cat.
My hosts took me for a trip to Portsmouth (pronounced Portsmith) yesterday. Had a yummy brunch at a retro cafe that was so much in demand you had to leave your name and wait out on the pavement until a table was available, about 30 minutes or so.
Very annoyed that I left my camera at their house. The male partner even asked if I had it before I left and I said of course because it is always tied to my bag. Couldn't believe that I had left it behind because I untied it the night before to take a piccie of the dinner table. Idiot! I even argued with that little nagging voice in my head that I had it ...
Anyhoo, Portsmouth was another lovely village with lots of art and crafts around. Just walking around on the trail of a pirate grave we happened upon an artist market. Unfortunately for the stall holders it seems it wasn't promoted much and people were only accidentally stumbling across it like we had.
Across the river was the state of Maine. Still haven't managed to penetrate that pesky state and that was the main one I wanted to visit while here. Don't think I'll get there now as I have two nights in regional Massachusetts (where the tornado hit a week or two ago); two nights in Newport, Rhode Island; then just two more nights hopefully in Conneticut before I hit New York.
Although I might have longer as I just received an email from Qantas about my flight out of here on 6 July being changed ... have to ring them when I get off the bus to see what is happening with that.
Have to go now and pack up the laptop etc as the battery is getting flat. Imagine, a bus with no powerpoints again. Pretty slack!
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