More Newport

according to the travel guide...Newport... where the rich history and maritime legacy  merge to create a one of a kind   authentic new England  experience.   Newport was one of the largest and busiest of colonial cities.    Known as the cultural heart of the   city,  the Old Quarter includes 18th and 19th century  architecture.   You may step  from  t he colonial sector  to the famed " summer cottages" of the Gilded Age  perched high   along the famed Bellevue Avenue,,,  these amazing  dwellings are seen  best  from the  coast, hence our  wonderful  boat ride  along the coast!We viewed the  house  built upon a rock  in the middle of Narragansett Bay...   the girlhood  summer cottage of the  Bouvier  family, where Jackie summered and  rode her horses...a summer  house of the  Vanderbilt's!    The essence of  which  lends  such an ambiance of  grandeur and  wonder  to just  envision  them   and  imagine  a gone by era of opulence and high living!

A Side Trip to Newport, Rhode Island

On Saturday, last,  the kids decided to  take me to Newport....   actually  this was  their first visit  there as well so  it was quite an adventure!  I am so  very pleased to  say that    all of the  bridges, whether  by car or by rail  held  little to no  apprehension for me this trip.. and if  they had,  I  would certainly just have to get over it because  the  bridges  were  plentiful....  but they  only served to  take me  to wondrous  places  that  blessed me to no end!

And one  simply cannot  enjoy  Newport unless one  takes to the sea!
  So  we took the tour via  the Amazing Grace!   This  was  such an amazing  venture for me....   I loved it!
   The  water was     serene and  beautiful, the weather, sublime,   fresh air, and  clear skies...   wonderful  to the extreme!The  harbor  of Newport  was a thriving  place  full of  sailing vessels of all  shapes and sizes...    and one of the  greatest  sites  was  the moored  Maltese Falcon,  the world's  largest sailing ship almost as long as  a football field!....  as seen in  bottom  middle  photo!

Newport