Halloween in New Jersey

We are staying with Misha's Israeli cousins Aviva and Hillel, third cousins visit in a row. They are living in New Jersey and we're having the best time, including Israeli tv, food and the easiest language in the world, Hebrew. In the morning the kids and Dagan dressed up the rv for Halloween.
The kids also got dressed up and all ready for trick or treating.
There are tens of kids in the neighborhood and they were all out in the streets this afternoon, looking for candy. The costumes we liked most were the bananas and strawberries

Aviv and Adi went trick or treating and came back with loads of candy
Later we had a yummy dinner, cooked by chef Aviva

Cousins in New York

On our last day in Rhode Island there was a serious storm (at least for us it seemed so) and we had to spend the entire day indoors. We had to be creative and so we started getting ready for Halloween by preparing masks.
The next day the weather was better and we continued to New York to visit some more cousin. On our way we saw some of the storm damages
We arrived to New York and met Betsy, Jaime and their son Alex. Their 2 beautiful huge dogs Max and Sam welcomed us at the door. We later found out that they also have 3 cats.
We arrived in the evening and before we knew it, Adi was helping Betsy with cooking, making brownies.
Betsy and Misha are excited to see each other
Alex with his paintball gun (or marker as he prefers to call it).

Before bed time the kids had a visit
The next morning we said goodbye and went on to our next cousins, Aviva and Hillel in New Jersey.

Cape Cod and Rhode Island

Cape Cod was very foggy in the morning and we drove up to Provincetown at the very tip of the cape. We walked on rocks into the sea all the way to the end. By the time we were back the sun was out so we took the bike and rode to downtown Provincetown.

This quaint town is very cool and touristic. It was the last weekend before the season's over until May 2009 and all the shops and restaurants were on sale or closed already.

Today we are in Rhode Island. We visited the famous mansions of Newport. The "Cliff walk" passes between those beautiful huge palaces and the ocean.
We're staying tonight in a state park in Rhode Island and it's so pretty here that we're considering staying another night.

Boston to Cape Cod

On our last day in Boston we biked along a part of the Emerald Necklace - a series of around 10 parks. We went from Back Bay to Jamaica Plains.
It was a Friday, so we made challahs in the evening

They were ready very late so the kids had them for breakfast today
Then we said good bye to Jessica and Noa and headed to the airport to pick up Misha. While waiting we saw this creepy car ready for Halloween.
Misha arrived just on time and we were all very happy to meet grandpa.
From there we continued to Cape Cod to meet Misha's cousins Ellen and Gary. It was the first time they ever meet and everybody was very excited. Misha brought with him the family tree book he prepared and they sat down to work on it immediately
Ellen and Gary, lovely couple.
We stayed for a yummy dinner and then moved on to a campground
It was a great opportunity to meet with new relatives. We had a wonderful time!

Boston

The bigger the city the bigger the challenge for us to visit it is. Here in Boston Jessica and Marc make it possible for us to enjoy the city as they take such a good care of us. For the weekend we parked the rv by their house. On weekdays we park not far from there.
Last night we met Beth that we haven't seen for 3 years. We had a lot of catching up to do and we did it in this fabulous old fashion pizza and bowling place - Milky way. It's a different kind of bowling - candlepin bowling. The pins are thinner and the balls are smaller so it's easier for the kids to play. We had a great time!

In the morning we heard someone knocking at the rv door. We were sure that one of the neighbors didn't like us staying for the night by his house. It had been a good surprise to find out that Marc came to visit with some fresh croissants for breakfast. Later on when Dagan was unable to start the engine (again), we went to replace the battery.

When the rv was alive again, we took the train downtown to walk along the Freedom trail. The trail is marked by a red line along the sidewalks and passes through 16 significant historical sites. It's a good opportunity to get an impression of the amazing architecture and history of Boston.


We followed the trail until we got to Faneuil Hall, where we stopped to rest and have lunch. The market was packed with people and good food. Everything looked tempting but we knew we wanted a traditional clam chowder which was superb.From there we went to the aquarium, where we spent the rest of the afternoon.
In the evening Noa, Aviv and Adi carved pumpkins for Halloween
And the jackolanterns 'in action'!