Plymouth Part 4

After lunch we walked to a monument which was in the middle of a neighborhood off the beaten path. It was kind of random. In fact, when people were telling us about things to see in Plymouth they mentioned the monument but kind of dismissed it as not worth the time.

It was huge, and very elaborately carved our of granite and sandstone. I took a lot of photos, but I'll spare you. Here's the overall monument.

And here's just a little bit of a closer view.

Unfortunately the monument has not been well cared for and parts of it are being worn away by the weather. Plymouth apparently has a love-hate relationship with tourism. It seems like the locals want to keep it quiet and quaint, kind of like New Hampshire, but need the tourism to upkeep things. Since they kind of fight the tourism there's a lot that needs touching up. Lots of buildings that need new roofs or a coat of paint, monuments that need some restoration work, things like that. It's sad because there's so much history there but it's just kind of being left to rot.



After the monument we went back to the BnB and, again, took a nap. Again, awesome. Then we went to dinner at . . .

Martini's They were the winners for us. We loved the atmosphere, the service and the food. We got there at 7:00 and it was busy but not too noisy. I could enjoy my husband's company. And we actually had the same server we'd had the day before.

Again we ordered the mussles but we decided to order an app that's actually on the menu too, in case anyone wants a recommendation. We got the Honey Scallops Frites, which were fried scallops but the batter had some honey in it and then they had honey drizzled on top of them.

These were fantastic! In fact, Andrew and I both liked them better than the mussles, and the mussles were out of this world. After this Andrew ordered Cashew Encrusted Swordfish, which he raved about, and I got the Beef Medallions. His meal came with roasted potatoes and asparagus and mine with roasted potatoes and brocclini. The veggies were very good, and didn't seem microwaved, they were actually cooked. I didn't get photos because we were hungry and dug right in. I thought of it as we were taking our last bites!

They don't have a dessert menu here. This is what the menu says about dessert:

I was bummed we weren't going to be there on Tuesday, I'd like to check out the live jazz.
Anyhow, back to dessert. They had a chocolate cake on the menu that evening which I got to go. It was fantastic, just like everything else we ordered.

It doesn't look very nice in a styrofoam box, but it tasted just fine.

That concluded our food adventures. I should also mention the Friday we went to lunch at a little place near our BnB called the Blue Blinds Cafe. It was excellent. The bread was very fresh and made the sandwiches so great.