Not all witches

The visit to Salem was interesting. This is such an old part of North America, there seems to be something older at each turn. We had breakfast at "the place" to do that "Red's Sandwich Shop" In 1698, this was the London Coffee House and the meeting place of the Patriots, before the American Revolution.( www.redssandwichshop.com )
Following that delight, we boarded the city tour bus for a drive around the "famous" places in Salem. It's NOT all about witches. The only man convited (?) of being a witch was pressed to death by placing stones on his chest until he died....it took 3 days. It was really a catch 22...if you did not confess, you lost all your propery, if you did confess, you lost all your proprty and your life. He did not confess. The details given by the tour guide, gave a very good insite to the history of the town. We did a tour of the House of Seven Gables from which a book by the same name was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1851. Quite a place with narrow staircases behind chimneys etc. The afternoon had us take a drive around Cape Ann which is a coastal drive showing some of the coves in the area. The top photo is the Friendship a pirate ship re-creation. The middle is of the House of The Seven Gables and the last pic is one of the coves on Cape Ann. As I enter this part of the blog, Sue is out picking raspberries at the side of the trailer....in late October. Tomorrow it's off to Cape Cod