Strawberry Banke

This past weekend was the Memorial Day weekend in the USA. This meant that Kevin didn't have to work on Monday, and considering how we have been spending our weekends lately, it also gave us an opportunity to do something relaxing and fun.

Every weekend since we arrived in Boston has been spent "running around". We have been shopping for appliances, furniture and a new BBQ, choosing paint colours, getting estimates for work at the new house, the list goes on and on. This past Saturday was spent the same as all the other Saturdays have been, but Sunday was a different story.

Sunday we did a day trip to the Strawberry Banke outdoor museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Here is a bit about the museum, from its website.

"The place that is today called Strawbery Banke has a long and rich history, stretching back three and a half centuries to the earliest years of English settlement in New England. In 1630 Englishmen chose this site for a plantation called Strawbery Banke, named for the profusion of wild berries they had found near the river. By the eighteenth century the site was a thriving waterfront neighborhood in an important seaport called Portsmouth; in the nineteenth century it changed into an immigrant neighborhood named Puddle Dock; and by the latter half of the twentieth century it had recaptured its original name as an outdoor history museum."

The day was enjoyable and educational too. We got some nice photos of the kids (to follow later!) and had fun playing with toys from past eras.

Overall, it was a great way to spend a sunny day!