A warm day again, sun shining in a blue sky and we decided to visit Hanover, West of where we are staying and then North following the Conneticut River on the border of Vermont state. A stunning drive on these quiet roads took us through the most picturesque landscapes, glassy lakes and ponds and archetypal New England villages.
Hanover itself is home to Dartmouth University and its faculty buildings surround a green in splendid grandeur. Once the home of Bill Bryson and clearly a rich town. The spire of the church was being refurbished sadly so was covered in scaffolding, but they have renewed the copper spire and also a copper roof on another nearby building, which was hard to view in in the sun's glare. The whole town oozed gentility and 'go-away rest of world'. In fact this whole area does that - it is wholesome living and you begin to see why so many Americans don't bother to learn about the outside world nor travel to it.
We had a great lunch in the Canoe Club Restaurant - best food we have had in New Hampshire so far . We drove back a different way so as to take in more of these gorgeous villages and the surrounding countryside.
Hanover itself is home to Dartmouth University and its faculty buildings surround a green in splendid grandeur. Once the home of Bill Bryson and clearly a rich town. The spire of the church was being refurbished sadly so was covered in scaffolding, but they have renewed the copper spire and also a copper roof on another nearby building, which was hard to view in in the sun's glare. The whole town oozed gentility and 'go-away rest of world'. In fact this whole area does that - it is wholesome living and you begin to see why so many Americans don't bother to learn about the outside world nor travel to it.
We had a great lunch in the Canoe Club Restaurant - best food we have had in New Hampshire so far . We drove back a different way so as to take in more of these gorgeous villages and the surrounding countryside.
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