In the morning, we drove to the old mansion area of Newport and visited The Breakers, a large mansion previously owned by several generations of the Vanderbilt family. The entry tickets included an self-guided audio tour that was somewhat entertaining and fairly informative. The Breakers reminded me a lot of Hearst Castle, except not quite as grandiose.<\/p>\n
After the tour, we hiked along the Cliff Walk along the sea shore by the mansions. From the Cliff Walk, we were able to get a slightly obstructed view of many of the old and new mansions of Newport, which were quite impressive. But it was cold, so we quickly walked back to the car.<\/p>\n
Next, we drove to the town of Sandwich on Cape Cod and visited Boardwalk Beach, which is basically a boardwalk over a inlet with a beach on one side. The boardwalk was actually pretty nice and a lot of families were walking across it when we got there. The beach was less nice and there was no one using it.<\/p>\n
Finally, we drove to Hyannis and checked into our hotel, the Seacoast Inn, which was quite nice and affordable. I guess the tourist season for Cape Cod hasn’t started yet. Many of the restaurants weren’t open yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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