Monday 28 September 2009 - A bus from Providence, RI to Hyannis, MA

Have just concluded an excellent week in Providence staying with Regan and are currently on our way to Cape Cod and our ferry to Nantucket. We got up to lots of adventures in Providence including (but not limited to):

• Attending a shockingly poor acoustic open-mic night where two acts performed equally dreadful versions of 'Living in a land down under';
• Seeing an excellent, mustachioed six piece band called Tallahassee playing bluegrassy rock with an ex New England Patriots American Football player as a lead singer;
• Eating out in Providence's Federal Hill neighbourhood which is so Italian-American it felt like eating in a scene from Goodfellas;
• Watching a movie about the campaign to elect Ron Paul to the presidency in 2008 - the first time I've encountered spontaneous applause in a cinema;
• Enjoying one of the oddest days of my life by attending a carnivorous plants show and then taking my first ever waltz lesson;
• Witnessing first hand just how bad Rhode Island drivers are including seeing a crash happen on the highway and a lorry driver reversing into a tree outside Regan's house (knocking it to a 45 degree angle).

As well as this Lisa and I met lots of Regan's friends as they all came over for pizza on Saturday afternoon. Am sad to be leaving Providence but excited to be on the road again. Cape Cod here we come...