Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] MA sights (was historical interests)
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In a message dated 8/15/02 5:48:49 AM Central Daylight Time, fetter
oll@... writes:
I second these suggestions above, they are some of my favorites! I like
Sturbridge better than Plymoth Plantation.
If you go to the Cape, you could go to Woods Hole (near Falmouth)
Oceanographic Museum and Aquarium. The Aquarium is free and has a hands-on
section for picking up crabs etc. and looking at them under microscopes.
They also feed the seals 2x a day there. There is also a nice garden
overlooking the water a few blocks from the aquarium with a Bell Tower (part
of Catholic church across the street) and a small wooden playground up the
street. Email me if you want more info.
If you go to Hyannis, the Cape Cod Potato Chip Factory there had a
self-guided tour and a free bag of chips. My kids really liked it!
The book store above is awesome! I love the remainder rooms (books marked
down)! And the rest of the store is about 20% off retail.
Someone else mentioned Curious George Goes To Wordsworth bookstore in Harvard
Square, Cambridge. A wonderful store and you could go to the Mount Auburn
Cemetery in Cambrige too. Lots of beautiful trees, headstones, famous people
buried there (self-guided tour info too). There is a tower with a great
view too. If you go there, just a mile or so down the street is East
Watertown and lots of little Armenian and Greek shops/bakeries. Yum! Massis
Bakery, Sepal's Restaurant, and others.
Hope that helps,
~Ellen
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oll@... writes:
> Sturbridge Village. (A recreated 1800's (?) New England village.)You thought of more than I could!
> Faneuil Hall (neat little stores and carts and eating)
>
> The ocean side has bigger
> waves than the bay side. But it depends where on the Cape you go. The water
> is warmest in September. Warm, of course, being a relative term.)
>
> If you love books, New England Mobile Book Fair in Natick. (Go directly to
> the remainder room.)
>
> That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
> Joyce
I second these suggestions above, they are some of my favorites! I like
Sturbridge better than Plymoth Plantation.
If you go to the Cape, you could go to Woods Hole (near Falmouth)
Oceanographic Museum and Aquarium. The Aquarium is free and has a hands-on
section for picking up crabs etc. and looking at them under microscopes.
They also feed the seals 2x a day there. There is also a nice garden
overlooking the water a few blocks from the aquarium with a Bell Tower (part
of Catholic church across the street) and a small wooden playground up the
street. Email me if you want more info.
If you go to Hyannis, the Cape Cod Potato Chip Factory there had a
self-guided tour and a free bag of chips. My kids really liked it!
The book store above is awesome! I love the remainder rooms (books marked
down)! And the rest of the store is about 20% off retail.
Someone else mentioned Curious George Goes To Wordsworth bookstore in Harvard
Square, Cambridge. A wonderful store and you could go to the Mount Auburn
Cemetery in Cambrige too. Lots of beautiful trees, headstones, famous people
buried there (self-guided tour info too). There is a tower with a great
view too. If you go there, just a mile or so down the street is East
Watertown and lots of little Armenian and Greek shops/bakeries. Yum! Massis
Bakery, Sepal's Restaurant, and others.
Hope that helps,
~Ellen
«·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.»§«(¨`v´¨).»§«·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.»
` v´
"It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of
instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiousity of inquiry;
for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need
of freedom."
-- Albert Einstein
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