Wednesday
20th
October
On arriving in Vermont we had a photo stop in Montpelier, the state's capitol. The statue atop the dome is Ceres, goddess of agriculture. Everywhere you go in Vermont you will see pineapples on signs, it is a sign of hospitality and one of the stories behind it goes: When seafaring captains returned home, they required peace and quiet with their families and didn't wish to be disturbed by visitors. When the family were ready to receive visitors, a pineapple was sliced and put on the front door step (stoop) to let people know they were now welcome to visit.
Our next stop was at Cold Hollow Cider Mill, where we got to taste freshly made cider, icy cold and very nice too. After an interesting talk by one of the owners we were treated to an ice cream by MJ, soooooo good
Back on the bus the winner was announced to the quest to try to work out MJ's name. Enid, Sandra and I got the first name right but none of us guessed her middle name. Now, you're all probably waiting with baited breath to know what it is but, if I told you, I'd have to kill you. To be fair though, you never know who is going to be planning a Cosmos tour and if you get MJ as your tour director then we would have cheated wouldn't we, and in all fairness to everyone I just can't bring myself to cheat. I hope that if you do choose a Cosmos tour some time that you get MJ and Tom as your tour director and driver, I can guarantee you a fantastic trip, very informative and best of all, a lot of fun.
On arrival at the hotel I had dinner with MJ & Tom at Al's diner, a real diner that looked like it had been the setting for Al's in Happy Days, you expected to see Richie & The Fonz walk in any minute. I couldn't get over how many fries fit in the box I ordered but I didn't do too bad a job on devouring them. MJ was quite impressed too.
On arriving in Vermont we had a photo stop in Montpelier, the state's capitol. The statue atop the dome is Ceres, goddess of agriculture. Everywhere you go in Vermont you will see pineapples on signs, it is a sign of hospitality and one of the stories behind it goes: When seafaring captains returned home, they required peace and quiet with their families and didn't wish to be disturbed by visitors. When the family were ready to receive visitors, a pineapple was sliced and put on the front door step (stoop) to let people know they were now welcome to visit.
Our next stop was at Cold Hollow Cider Mill, where we got to taste freshly made cider, icy cold and very nice too. After an interesting talk by one of the owners we were treated to an ice cream by MJ, soooooo good
Back on the bus the winner was announced to the quest to try to work out MJ's name. Enid, Sandra and I got the first name right but none of us guessed her middle name. Now, you're all probably waiting with baited breath to know what it is but, if I told you, I'd have to kill you. To be fair though, you never know who is going to be planning a Cosmos tour and if you get MJ as your tour director then we would have cheated wouldn't we, and in all fairness to everyone I just can't bring myself to cheat. I hope that if you do choose a Cosmos tour some time that you get MJ and Tom as your tour director and driver, I can guarantee you a fantastic trip, very informative and best of all, a lot of fun.
On arrival at the hotel I had dinner with MJ & Tom at Al's diner, a real diner that looked like it had been the setting for Al's in Happy Days, you expected to see Richie & The Fonz walk in any minute. I couldn't get over how many fries fit in the box I ordered but I didn't do too bad a job on devouring them. MJ was quite impressed too.