My American vacation: Plymouth!

After Acadia, my friend and I were pretty worn out. We spent a few days relaxing, and then we went to a famous American place, Plymouth.

This is famous because it’s the place where the Pilgrims landed and established one of the first English colonies in America. They met the Native American people, the Wampanoag, who helped them survive the first difficult years of their settling.

First was a small section showcasing how Native American people lived.

This is an example of a dugout canoe, simply a large tree log with the middle carved out.

A traditional stew using local ingredients.

A Wampanoag hut.

The next section was themed around the European settlers, the Pilgrims and their companions (not everyone was a member of the Pilgrims).

These canons were placed on top of a small tower that gives a good view of the area, great for defense!

The view from the tower. You can see the recreated houses, and inside most of them were actors wearing traditional clothing, speaking in old style English, and pretending they were actual people from 400 years ago.

There were intersting tools and items inside each house.

Most houses also had a small garden out back so everyone would grow vegetables together.

And there were even livestock, like goats!

Next, we went to a water mill, a reconstruction of where grains like corn and wheat were turned into flour.

And here I am using a mortar and pestle to grind some dry corn. Exciting!

And then we went to the next place!

And on the way, we found a Japanese maple tree, dedicated to the mayor of Shichigahama in Japan. Do any of you know where that is? Do you know Hitoshi Abe?

This is Plymouth Rock. It’s VERY famous in America, and it’s very popular when talking about early American history. However, it’s very small, maybe 1 meter long. It’s not even a special rock that the Pilgrims stepped on, it’s more like a symbol of the landing, it’s kind of strange. There was a soldier guarding it, and it was very high security for such a boring landmark, haha!

But what wasn’t boring was the replica boat, Mayflower II! It was a recreation of the original ship the Pilgrims used to sail across the Atlantic Ocean! We could go on board and see how things would have been at the time.

After we finished on the Mayflower, we got some fish and chips! They were alright, but not my favourite.

Maybe I was a little hungry, huh?

And then we walked along a rocky wall in the harbour, called a “jetty”.

And that was mostly it! Plymouth was an interesting day, but it was tiring, so we were happy to get home!

The next day, we headed to Boston to attend the Pride parade! It was a colourful event, but that’ll be for the next blog! See you all then! :)