My parents live very near the town of Newport, Rhode Island. And in Newport there are a lot of old mansions from the gilded age. We toured The Breakers mansion, which was a vacation home (summer cottage) of the Vanderbilt's. Here we are outside. No photography was allowed inside, so we only have outside pictures, but the inside was impressive too. This is our family with my mom and my brother's friend, Merry (brother John took the picture for us).
The kids loved the tour because they each got a little device to listen to (it was an audio tour) and there was a tour specifically for children. The loved listening and exploring that way. One favorite thing was the secret doors that seemed to disappear into the walls and the secret passages the servants used. After our tour the kids each got a lollipop, courtesy of Grandma.
And we went to check out the back lawn which overlooks the ocean
There is the mansion in the background
John stops for a drink
Then it started to rain a little so we all ran for it. The kids liked the mansion a lot. Grant kept asking if we could go back to the "haunted matches" with the secret door. It took him a few days until he could say "mansion." And I'm guessing the haunted part is just memories of Disney.
After a visit to the haunted matches, we had lunch at the Newport Creamery
Including "awful awful" shakes
We drank lots of shakes
Gotta keep your eye on those shakes or they will disappear
And ice cream too
We also enjoyed fresh seafood at a local seafood place
The kids liked sitting in the big fish chair at the seafood place
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