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Titanic frenzy is picking up steam. One hundred years ago on April 12 the Titanic sailed and sank, but people are still fascinated by the fateful journey and stories of people who sailed on its maiden voyage.
To commemorate the importance of this historic event, the private Titanic Foundation Ltd. in Belfast, Northern Ireland, will open a museum on March 31, 2012, in the city where the ship was built and launched.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, popularly known as The Gardner, houses the art collection of Isabella Stewart Gardner. Throughout her life she collected and carefully displayed a collection comprised of more than 2,500 objects from paintings to rare books from ancient Rome, Medieval Europe, Renaissance Italy, Asia, the Islamic world and 19th-century France and America.
I think that National Pie Day (January 23rd) should be declared a holiday like Thanksgiving or New Year’s… no work, stores closed, and we all get to stay home and eat pie. Because that hasn’t happened yet, on the third weekend in January I head to Rockland Maine for the Pies on Parade Tour. For the past several years the tour has been put on by the four beautiful inns that make up the Historic Inns of Rockland.
Each December I give myself a break and do something that has become over the years a tradition for me, the Mount Washington Valley New Hampshire Inn to Inn Candy and Cookie Tour. It’s my way to kick back for a weekend and leave the word “diet” out of my vocabulary.
On a recent trip to Burlington Vermont I decided to indulge in some local treats; ice cream, cheese, chocolates and homemade donuts and cider. The prime spot for all this, the Waterbury section of Vermont’s Route 100, is a historic tree lined route that stretches for 216 miles through the state
Most people visit Vermont to enjoy the state’s outdoor delights, but there are plenty of enticing indoor activities as well. Along with biking, kayaking, canoeing, fishing, hiking, or long walks along beautiful trails and peaceful meadows you should also check out some of these fascinating places to get a taste of what Vermont has to offer in the way of cultural institutions.
