Ribbons Undone

After our family day at Strawbery Banke, Grandma drove the girls back home while Simon and I checked into a hotel in Portsmouth for a few days. We don’t get a lot of alone time (unfortunately), but when we do, we always have a blast.

My favorite thing to do almost anywhere is to walk around, explore, and take photos. Luckily, Simon’s cool with that and doesn’t mind tagging along..

North Church

Memorial Bridge

in Prescott Park..

still a goofball..

I think these two sign boards in town kind of sum up the Portsmouth spirit- a place full of humble and kind people who like to party 🙂

Later that night we met up with my sister Jenny and her husband Kevin to celebrate her 40th birthday..

It was so fun- wish we could meet up more regularly!

view from our table

front of the restaurant (we’ve been coming here for years!)

Portsmouth is pretty at night too..

another great place to eat (and drink!)

On the way home the next day, we stopped by Rye Beach and spent the afternoon reading and relaxing…

..and grabbed another lobster roll for this guy. Can you tell he liked it?!

Strawbery Banke is an outdoor history museum located in the South End historic district of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It is the oldest neighborhood in New Hampshire to be settled by Europeans, and the earliest neighborhood remaining in the present-day city of Portsmouth. It features more than 37 restored buildings built between the 17th and 19th centuries in the Colonial, Georgian, and Federal style architectures (from Wikipedia).

I think every kid growing up in New Hampshire goes on at least one school field trip to Strawbery Banke. I went at least a twice, and remember finding it pretty interesting (but I grew up in a family of history buffs who did 17th century reenactments on weekends!). So we brought the girls and they (mostly) found it interesting too. By the way, what’s up with the one “r” ? I’m assuming that’s how strawberry was spelled back then?