Traveling with a Retired Math Teacher

 I like to spend time on cape cod and while there I need to eat. Two of my favorites that I always go to are The Breakfast room for breakfast and T he Yarmouth House for dinner, both are located on route 28 The breakfast room always has some good specials like the banana bread french toast and the blueberry bread french toast which I had this latest visit. I got 5 pieces of bacon with my french toast and it was topped with whipped cream. Delicious!! I am a tea drinker and I love that this restaurant has so many tea flavors. When you order tea, the waitress brings out your hot water and a basket of tea bags to pick from. I usually choose some type of pepermint tea. The total for my meal, which I couldn't finish because there was so much food, and my tea was $14. Hell of a deal!! For dinner I always try to go to Yarmouth House and I love their Sunrise Special dinner deal. If you dine between 3:00 and 5:30 you can order from the sunrise specials. This deal includes 3 courses of appe...

 I love spending time on Cape Cod but sometimes it is just too crowded for me during the summer. I decided to take a long weekend in Hyannis before the busy season starts. I went Saturday May 2nd until Monday May 4th. I try to go every year but tis year I tried a new hotel. I stayed in Hyannis at The Hyannis Harbot Hotel. The Hotel was so nice and the staff was wonderful. Check in was quick and easy. My room had a king bed and sleep sofa. The room was quite spacious. Just outside the door was a balcony with a roof which was nice because there was some rain when I was there but I could sit outside and watch the ferries come and go at night.   There was a light rain Saturday when I arrived but I sat outside and enjoyed the view. Sunday morning I started my day with a walk at West Dennis beach. This is a great location to walk before the summer crowds are here. After that I returned to the hotel and I went for a walk across the street where the ferries are and there is a small pa...

 I recently had a 7 day vacation at Walt Disney World in Florida and I am writing this post to let you have an idea of the food and costs of that food.  I spend so much on the vacation itself that I hate to spend too much on the food. I want you to know that you can have delicious meals for reasonable prices. of course if you want a character meal you will pay $64 per person. I had two character buffet meals. One was Crystal Palace in Magic Kingdom where all the characters from Winnie the Pooh stories come by your table to pose for pictures.  The buffet had two carving stations, one was pork loin and the other was turkey, and many sides to pick from. Then there were lots of desserts. My favorite dessert was the carrot cake cheesecake and the mint truffle. When dining at a buffet be sure to have a big appetite so you get your money's worth. The other buffet I did was Hollywod and Vine at Hollywood Studios. The characters were Mickey, Minnie, Pluto and Goofey. I ate at 3:30...

Last week I went to see the Christmas light display at Roger Williams Park Zoo and this week I went to see the beautiful FREE display at LaSalette Shrine in Attleboro, Ma. I went last night when the weather was warm so there were lots of people there. The lights come on at 5:00 so I made sure i was there before that and I was so surprised at the amount of cars already there. The Main parking lot was full so I went to what I call the overflow lot which was 3/4 full. That over flow lot is circled in red in the picture below. Admission is free but there are food booths set up that sell hot chocolate, hot apple cider, fried dough, hot dogs and there are fire pits so you can buy the makings for smores.  There is also an areaset for little ones with a train ride and carousal. There is so much to see you should give yourself an hour to walk around. There is also a gift shop to go in and warm up on a cold night. They also have the bathrooms inside open when the lights are on. Here are some...