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Signing on Cheryl! So happy I got a chance to get caught up while you are still at the beginning of your trip. Looks like a good time so far and your pictures are wonderful! We love to get up to NE as much as possible. Every season offers something fun to do. Looking forward to reading more.
Great pictures from Salem. Did you have a chance to visit the House of the Seven Gables while you were there?
we didn't. I must admit I hadn't heard of it before our trip, but I just checked the guidebook and it was only a little way from part of the city that we did visit, so we were at least close....
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Signing on Cheryl! So happy I got a chance to get caught up while you are still at the beginning of your trip. Looks like a good time so far and your pictures are wonderful! We love to get up to NE as much as possible. Every season offers something fun to do. Looking forward to reading more.
I don't blame you for visiting regularly - it is such a lovely part of the States.
Thursday 24 September – part four: memorials and maritime history
We carried on walking and found this…
… and next door was the Salem Witch Trial Memorial, dedicated in 1992, 300 years after the original trials took place. It was very well done, and very moving.
We headed towards the maritime area of the city, and found a few other places along the way…
Once down there, you definitely had a contrast of the old and the new.
Now we had been told in the visitor centre that the Friendship of Salem wouldn’t be open until 1:00pm, and I knew we’d have gone by then, but I guess they opened it specially as the cruise ship was in, because we were able to go aboard and explore. This is a reconstruction of an East Indiaman sailing ship built in 1797.
We made our way over to the Custom House, which was built in 1819 and was established to collect taxes on imports.
Then we walked through the less picturesque area of Salem, shall we say?
They have a red route walking tour you can follow, and that’s what we were doing. I think they could’ve left this bit off. We headed back to the car, having spent a couple of very enjoyable hours in Salem. I’m glad we visited it, and discovered there’s a lot more to it than just witches.
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I'm glad you got to explore Salem, we loved it when we went, and having been in a production of The Crucible by Arthur Miller some years ago, I found it incredibly moving to see the dedication stones with names on that were so familiar to me from the play.
A lovely place, well worth a visit. We did the Pirate Museum too, which was great fun!
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Lots of history there. Well, history for those of us in the US anyway.
Very funny picture with the cruise ship in the background. Looking at all the historical photos and then bam - there's a giant ship from the future!
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I'd love to visit Salam some time - more for the witch part, though. I loved the play The Crucible, and find it so sad that so many innocent people were hanged. (or pressed as the one sign you took indicates - that may sound even worse!)
I'm glad you enjoyed your visit to Salem. It's been a long time since I was there. I remember the Maritime Museum and the house of seven gable. New England is so beautiful in the fall.
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It seems so odd to see a cruise ship there! I have to admit that I never knew cruise ships stopped in Salem (or anywhere else in Massachusetts other than Boston).
Looks like a beautiful day to explore Salem! Love all the boat pics. Were those benches that were bearing the memorials of the people who were hanged? If so, not sure I would find that a very relaxing place to sit.
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Looks like you really enjoyed your time exploring Salem. Great pictures from the maritime museum. I wish I had recommended The House of the Seven Gables to you. But I guess you can add it to you list if you ever get to explore New England again!
I'm glad you got to explore Salem, we loved it when we went, and having been in a production of The Crucible by Arthur Miller some years ago, I found it incredibly moving to see the dedication stones with names on that were so familiar to me from the play.
A lovely place, well worth a visit. We did the Pirate Museum too, which was great fun!
I must admit I didn't know it had a pirate museum before we went, otherwise that might have been on my "to do" list for the day...
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So happy I got a chance to get caught up while you are still at the beginning of your trip. Looks like a good time so far and your pictures are wonderful! We love to get up to NE as much as possible. Every season offers something fun to do. Looking forward to reading more. 
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we didn't. I must admit I hadn't heard of it before our trip, but I just checked the guidebook and it was only a little way from part of the city that we did visit, so we were at least close....
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