Our trip started with a night in Boston. We picked up a rental car in the city after I got off work on Friday afternoon. After working out some issues at the rental car company that threatened to end the trip before it started, we were on our way. At around 8:45pm on Friday night, we made it to Boston. We checked into the Courtyard By Marriott, which is located downtown on Tremont Street in the theatre district. Our friends, Matt and Tammy, picked us up and we went to dinner in the South End at Gaslight, which is very similar to Pastis in NYC. After a great dinner, we had drinks at The Butcher Shop, an interesting little place that's a butcher shop by day and a wine bar by night. The next morning, we spent a few hours exploring downtown Boston and walking along part of the Freedom Trail. While I was enjoying the history lesson, Joe wasn't really in the mood for it, so we had a nice lunch at Marliave, headed back to the hotel to get our bags, and drove to Cape Cod. The drive from Boston took about two hours. The town we chose to stay in, Provincetown, is at the furthest tip of Cape Cod. I chose it because the town is very lively and totally walkable.
We stayed at the Inn at Cook Street. The place is very cute and looks like it came straight out of a Pottery Barn catalog. I choose the "Four Seasons" suite for us to stay in. What I didn't realize was that the room was right next to the kitchen and common room, so mornings were noisy. For the most part, we really enjoyed staying at the inn. We were one block from the ocean, and a very short walk to lots of restaurants, boutiques, art galleries and the harbor. It was the first B&B we had ever stayed in, and we found the group breakfasts a bit awkward. The food was delicious with a lot of variety, but Joe and I are both introverted types and would have preferred breakfast by ourselves.
The second day in Cape Cod, we drove over to the Cape Cod National Seashore. The beach was beautiful, but it was a bit cloudy so we didn't lay out. Afterwards, we drove around exploring Provincetown some more.
The next day was the first official day of Summer. We drove an hour to Woods Hole, where we took a ferry to Martha's Vineyard for the afternoon. The ferry took us to Vineyard Haven. We had lunch at the famous Black Dog Tavern. The view of the harbor was lovely and the food was great, too. Of course, we had to buy something with the famous black dog logo. I have a small obsession with totes, so I got an L.L. Bean style tote with blue handles and a black dog on the side.
After shopping in the boutiques at Vineyard Haven, we took the bus over to Oak Bluffs. I'm not sure if we were coincidentally there at the same time as a seniors tour, but it struck us how many elderly people were there. It was very different from Provincetown, where the vast majority of people are young and lively. After exploring Oak Bluffs, we boarded the ferry and headed back to Woods Hole. The ferry rides were fast and very scenic.
Our remaining time in Provincetown was spent reading books at the inn, and walking into town for meals. We had lots of delicious seafood. We especially enjoyed the lobster rolls and shrimp rolls.
On Tuesday, we made the approx. 4 hour drive back to the city. We really enjoyed our road trip, and it left me wanting to see more of the East Coast!
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