First Summer in US

Our first Summer in US has been fantastic. As you maybe know we have been living in UK for the past three years and a half, then we were a little scare about if the towns and sceneries were to be as beautiful as the UK countryside are. The forests are huge and never end and there are a lot of trails to follow. The towns are quite new for what we use to have in Europe, they don’t have the ancient heritage of England’s towns but we knew that before to begin the holidays, besides of that the towns are very charming.

Manchester – Vermont

We chose Manchester because is surrounded by the Green Mountains and we’re anxious to hiking there. Manchester is an Outlet town, but we didn’t realize that until we began to walk around the town. When you past through the town you think, what a beautiful town with colorful houses, and all of them are stores.

We expended two nights at The Inn at Ormsby Hill , this is a very special Inn, where you can feel the care that the owners Ted and Chris have put to make the place your home.

The first night we have dinner at  The Olde Tavern , what a fantastic place, full of history and delicious meals with local products.

The day began rainy but we thought that with the proper clothes we could spent a beautiful day at the Green Mountains. What a great idea because under the trees the rain was less. We choose hiked at the Lye Brook Falls.

After 2.3 miles we show the fantastic falls falling down between the rocks. All the rain was worth the effort to see the fantastic waterfalls.

The second night we had dinner at Chantecleer Restaurant. We have an excellent dinner in this old barn, the decoration is really nice, and we were sat at front of the majestic stone fireplace. The cuisine is French using local products as more of the local restaurants do. The service was very nice, letting us to enjoy of our conversation and keeping our glasses full of our chosen wine

Jackson – New Hampshire

After a stormy night in Manchester we started our way to Jackson in New Hampshire. It was a cloudy day and we chose to try to find all the cover bridges on our trip to Jackson. The cover bridges are fantastic and the architects of them made a great job letting the people enjoy of their greatest creations.

Jackson has at the entrance of the town a fantastic cover bridge where the just married couples used to take pictures there.

We stayed at The Christmas Farm Inn, a lovely hotel that just has new managers; we have a fantastic two days there. The bed is huge and the Jacuzzi too!!

The first night we had dinner at Thompson House Eatery, where I recommend that you should star with the “Zorba the grape”, what a fabulous flavors. That night we meet with a fantastic couple that told us where places we could visit the next day and they discover to us a great wine made with Zinfandel grapes, “Klinker Brick”.

Our hiking was, “Nancy Brook Trail”. What lucky we were, the weather was great and the reward when you finish your ascension is marvelous as you can see at the picture.

Before reach this fantastic point you should had experimented a lot of good sensations watching the fauna and flora on your ascension as well you should had suppressed your desire of jump at Nancy water fall.

The second night we followed this couple advice we had dinner at White Mountain Cider Co, the restaurant is an old farm, decorated with a great taste and the most important issue, the food is spectacular. I recommend you to order “Basil & Garlic marinated Tomatoes”, Balsamic Reduction & Warm Goat Chesse Fondue, it’s a great idea to eat baby tomatoes.

Ogunquit – Maine

We awoke up with a raining day again, but didn’t stop us to carry on our trip. Before arrive to our final destination we rode on the Mt. Washington Auto Road .

The road is amazing and if you had a clear day the view has to be breathtaking. You drive up listening a CD guide, which explains to you the history of the Auto Road. The explanation is very clear and you can imagine the first travelers on their horse cars. The ascension was all right we hope all the time a weather change but it never happened. When we reached the peak the weather was worst, it looked as the end of the world was approaching, strong winds, heavy rain and a lot of clouds. We have to go again.

Our hotel in Ogunquit was The Terrace by the Sea, the location is great only a few steps from the water and the views are fantastic. We had a partial ocean view room but we could see the ocean through our window. The day wasn’t fantastic but be at the hotel all time wasn’t a good idea. We took our car and drove near the sea till reach Perkins Cove. We parked our car there and visited the original and little stores. After our window shopping we started the Marginal Way, a scenic walk. It’s a one mile path along the seashore.

Our first night in Ogunquit we had dinner at Gipsy Sweethearts  at Ogunquit, after the fabulous places where we had dinner the last days, this one was only a correct restaurant in a beautiful place, a kitchen without a lot of pretensions in a warm ambiance.

Our last day was absolutely great, the sun shining, good temperature and no signal from the awful previous weather. Our relaxing beach day was the icing on the cake.

A little bit sad because the end of our holidays was in front of us and with a good taste  in our mouths beacuse our holidays had been fantasticwe were to find the next place for our dinner. It was The Blue Water Inn,. We had dinner on the terrace, the service was great, the seafood fresh and good cooked even the music was perfect, sixties music my favourite.