Friday morning, we woke up in Danvers, and the four of us went out to breakfast in Salem, MA.  We all had delicious, copious amounts of food and drink.  It was a beautiful fall day, with the leaves changing and a brisk breeze.  I had never been to Salem before, so we walked a bit of the tourist walk (we had a map, thanks to the diner we ate at).

Barny was able to get some gifts for his friends back home, and I even picked up a Christmas present for my mom!

We went to an amazing book store, that was organized, but in a very haphazard way.  I felt as if the books would crush me if they fell.

We went and saw the statue of Samantha from Bewitched - Salem is the place where the Witch trials took place.

Maria, Kevin, and I trying to figure out what to do next!

Kevin went to work, and Maria, Barny and I went to get ice cream and to the batting cages!

Barny was amazed at how large his “kiddie” sized ice cream was.  (it’s the smallest they had!)

We got to visit the cows that made the milk for the ice cream!  (this one is just a baby, though).

We all took a shot at the batting cages.  Barny had never swung a bat in his life!  But he did pretty great.  He was good at line drives, which is the kind of shot that’s good!  Mine were mostly pop ups.

We left Friday night around 6pm, because we had to get to the Fitchburg High Football Game!  Barny had never seen an American football game, so we wanted to go to one!  Plus, he was able to see the cheerleaders!

After the game, we went over to have some beer and wine at Trevor’s.  My mom and dad brought over raspberry pie, and Trevor tried to fix Barny’s old camera.

Saturday, Barny and I drove down to West Boylston and saw the Time Traveler’s Wife.  Saturday was the one crappy rainy British day we had.  It really made Barny feel like home!  Luckily, it wasn’t too chilly.

We went to Il Ricordi on the way back and picked up delicious Italian food.  For Fitchburg peeps - if you’ve never been there, it’s the most delicious Italian food in the area.  We had loads of fun driving around together.

On Monday, Barny’s last day, he packed his bags, and I took him down to City Hall to say goodbye to my dad and Trevor.  We had hot dogs for lunch down at City Hall (Barny had to have one American hot dog!).  Then to the airport!  Where Barny left, but we were pretty good about not having a tearful goodbye.

But I think our GPS is broken, because it kept taking me through Sommerville to get to Logan Airport.   And that just ain’t right.

We had a great time.  I think I’m going over to England to visit Barny and Megan at Christmas time.  I think Barny is taking me to Devon to see his mom, and to Wales to see his dad.