Roadtripping the East

This is a bit of a catching up post, as we have not had any "big" destinations. That doesn't mean though that we haven't seen cool things and met cool people. Our first destination after Maine was
Cape Cod. A very popular holiday destination in the summer, in winter it was a different story. But we did see a few fellow tourists. Unfortunately the weather was not very nice and it rained during our two night stay there. So on our day there we just basically took a drive down the main road to Eastham where we had lunch at a local place called Hole in One. We did check out three different restaurants but they were all closed for the season :(

We did see someone there who looked a lot like Steven King (who apparently lives in Portland, Maine - not far away) but after some evaluation we decided it wasn't him.

The lighthouse at the beach:

Our next stop after Cape Cod was Rhode Island. There, in Narraganset to be precise, we were kindly offered a place to stay for a couple of days with Krista, one of Simone's friends. On the first evening we got together with some of her friends and had a nice homecooked dinner featuring lobster and clams :) A few glasses of various alcohol were also consumed and enjoyed.

Below two photos of the lobster and Simone being instructed of how to get to the meat properly :)

The next day we went to a place called Battleship Cove, home to several retired warships (inlcuding a old East German one) and a submarine. It was very interesting walking on and inside the ships and check out all the details.

PT Boat

East German ship on the left, sub on the right.

Inside the sub. Torpedo launchers, engines, etc.

Torpedo launcher on the German ship.

That evening we met at a local pub called The Mews Tavern and had some good pub food. Nachos, chicken wings, philly steak sandwich and a pizza:

 The next day we left Rhode Island to go further west, with Reynoldsburg, Ohio as our next main destination. See next entry :)