The first day there we drove out to Newport Beach. It is a really cute little tourist town. They have a large number of mansions that were built during the Gilded Age. We went and took a tour of one of the more famous ones, the Breaker. It was owned by the Vanderbilt family. We weren't allowed to take pictures of the inside of the house, but here is the outside.
The inside of the home is very ornate. We were allowed to take pictures of the outside balcony so here is a picture of the ceiling.
We also walked around Newport and did a little shopping. This is a picture of the town. It's not a very good one, but oh well.
The next day we walked around Providence, specifically around Brown University. That is where Ben and Katherine are both attending school. They have a beautiful campus with a lot of old buildings.
This is the Brown Bear, the mascot.
They had this special art exhibit outside. It was pretty interesting. I saw something similar at the Arboretum here in L.A.
This was a really old building that was used during the Revolutionary War to house the soldiers. Very cool! I love old buildings!
Beautiful clock tower.
Cool old building.
I wanted my picture taken in front of this building because it was old.
I don't remember why we took a picture of this building. But it's pretty.
After walking around Brown we went downtown to watch "Water Fire." It was pretty cool. Basically they light fires in the middle of the river. It was difficult to get a good picture, but I tried. Here we are with Ben waiting for it to start.
I don't know what kind of wood they burn but it smells really good. They do this a few different times during the summer. There were thousands of people lined up along the river waiting to see it. 
This is a picture of the church building that we went to. I thought it was pretty unique looking so I took a picture.
We also went to the aquarium while we were there, but I am going to save that for another post. The last day we were there we drove into Boston and went shopping on Newbury street. I love Boston and all the history there! I have no pictures because Andrew forgot the camera. We had a great time on our trip out there. Thanks Ben and Katherine!
2 comments:
Wow, I just saw Andrew less than a week before this picture was taken, and he looks so much hairier there. You'll have to take a picture of him right before he shaves.
Brown looks really cool. Isn't it interesting how much older things are on the east coast? Glad you guys had fun.
Thanks Jessica. I really appreciate the hairier comment. I just loved that.
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