Plymouth and Cape Cod

Cape Cod Bay is on the East Coast of the USA, in the State of Massachusetts. It is about 200 miles north  from New York. In 1602, an Englishman named Barotholomew Gosnold was navigating the waters off the coast of  New England and saw a tremendous school of cod fish swam around his ship- on spur moment he called the place they were passing "Cape Cod", charting it so on his map. 

It is a narrow peninsula (хойг)  with a few towns in that bay and attracts visitors all year around.

Towns on Cape Cod and city of Plymouth are famous destinations for tourists because of the historical significance and scenic drive and beautiful beaches. Plymouth is known as "America's hometown". 

Historians say the Pilgrims stepped on the rock after they rowed ashore from the Mayflower on Dec.21, 1620. The rock (on the picture) lay unnoticed for 121 years when an elderly Plymouthean Thomas Faunce identified it in 1741 as the landing place of the Pilgrims. (Pilgrims - a person who journeys to a Holy place for  religious reason)

The ship shown in the picture is actual Mayfower-II ship, that arrived after the1st Mayflower has successfully landed on American coast and pilgrims survived the harsh winter and started their settlement, which was a historic beginning of the Great Nation of America. 

It's a nice little town with unique gift shops, museums and antique shops and fabulous diners, one of which is "Rio's Steak house"- Brazilian Steak House "Churrascaria"  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churrascaria -  Churrascois the cooking style, which translates roughly from the Portuguese for 'barbecue'. 

 I like this restaurant a lot because I have been to a couple of them in Chicago area, and their servers come to your table with different kinds of meats (beef steaks, chicken, lamb, pork) one after another continuously until you turn down the coaster, which shows if you want more servings or not, and they also have a salad buffet with different salads and side dishes to choose.

While touring on Cape Cod I liked the fine candy store, hand crafted pottery shop, Cook's store in Brewster, and Mahoney's restaurant in Orleans, which is famous its barbecued ribs, and the Christmas Tree shop in Sandwich, which is the name of another little town.

The peninsula has forests and little lakes and driving through the wooded area was quite scenic. 

On the day returning from the 3-day trip I saw old movies on TV about the Mayflower and early settlers- “Plymouth adventure” and “John Smith and Pocahontas”, which was a pleasant coincidence.