Maine

Summer is coming to an end..  this is my last week of freedom before I go back to work and start grad school (!!) As always, I'm feeling a bit nervous about the new school year, but I think it's just because of the extended time off for the summer- not that I'm complaining!  But, it does make it a bit harder to transition back to a crazy schedule, when for 2 glorious months life is a little more leisurely (word?)  I also have been given a lot more responsibility in my teaching job this year-  which is great, but at the same time somewhat nerve-wracking.  

Adam and I just got back from our trip to Maine.  It was an ideal vacation- a perfect balance of "seeing the sights" along with total unabashed laziness (we prefer the term resfulness, however :) We spent 2 days in a tiny town called Belfast- right on the coast, and just an hour from Acadia National Park.  We stayed at a quaint bed and breakfast called The Jeweled Turret Inn and were served delicious gourmet breakfasts each morning by our fabulous hosts, Kathy and Carl.  Then on to Portland for 2 days, the metropolis of Maine, where Adam got his fill of bookstores (I think we went to 4) and I got my fill of ice cream..

Here are just a few highlights of our trip:

- eating a whole lobster at a lobster pound (and trying to figure out how in the world to get all the meat out) 

- seeing Bar Harbor and the clouds hovering over little islands from the top of Cadillac Mountain (at Acadia National Park) 

- watching the sunset over the harbor in Belfast

- stopping to get wild Maine blueberries at a roadside stand

- hearing the New England accent ("that will be fauty-two cents, ma'am")

-bike riding around Peak's Island 

- Adam's sea bass that was served as the whole fish (including the head) 

-room service!

- eating a popover in New Hampshire

- walking around the Back Bay area in Boston