Sandy Neck

Well, I had another day off. We were fortunate enough to get our first Norwegian guest, Maria from Hamar. She joined Matthias and I to Sandy Neck where we did some hiking, played some indiejakke and just relaxed in the sun. Not much to write about, just that the cape is beautiful, and we are having a good time!





This was our view for most of the day





Thats right, I live here this summer





Text book form, left handed!





Maria and I playing indiejakke





Text book form




Not so text book form




Awesome awesome play





This is what playing indiejakke will do to ya





Again, the simple pleasures of life.






Where are we? Caribbean? Mediterranean? Bali? no, no no, Cape Cod.

Nantucket.... round 2

On one of my free days with Matthias, we decided to go to Nantucket. We had beautiful weather, except for on the south side of the island... it was quite foggy, but other than that it was a beautiful day. We took bikes over to get around, we saw the Nantucket hostel and explored the little main part of the city. Matthias really wanted to eat a good American meal, so we went to a place he could get a burger. As you can see by the pictures, we also went to Olive Garden for a dinner, and a few days after these pictures were taken, he wanted to go to Dunkin Donuts for breakfast... so I could not deny him of these "American" traditions.





This was the night before... but the simple pleasures of life....





Matthias hitting the open sea





It was a little foggy on the south side of the island





The light house as you come into Nantucket




Only on vacation can you eat like this...





Sitting down for a Nantucket brewed beer... Whale tail





And good bye Nantucket...

Where in the world are we?

Matthias arrived into Boston yesterday, and today we had our first full day on the cape. We did some exploring up towards Truro and Province town. We checked out the Truro hostel, and from there we did some hiking, both on the beach and on some trails. Then we drove up further to Provincetown, and walked out to the furthest point on the cape. We then went to find some food in Province town, and now we are back in Hyannis just sippin on some Mr. Jim Beam and relaxing. Here are some pictures.





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Norway is just right over there...







A seal poking his head up over the waves






Matthias got splashed by the wave behind him... my bad







me on top of the sand dune







Typical cape cod






Matthias showing us where Norway is






Looking back to Provincetown







Thats me







Matthias






Pilgrims monument in Provincetown

Nantucket

I had yesterday, and today off... Yesterday I decided to take my bike over to Nantucket for the day and do some exploring. It is a fairly small island, I bike almost all the way across it. It was roughly 3 miles to north and south, I arrived at the north part, and rode the 3 miles south to the HI hostel on Nantucket, met the people who work there, and relaxed on their amazing beach. From there, I biked the 10 miles to Sconset, which is on the far eastern side of the island, lots of big rich houses on the top of the sand dunes looking out to an extremely blue ocean. It is very unique. The main little town on Nantucket has very narrow cobble stone streets with brick sidewalks. It is one of the coolest little towns I have ever been to. I wish I could have had more time to explore it.. but I did have time to stop in a cafe called The Bean and get a drink and relax for alittle bit before my ferry came back to Hyannis. It is about a 2 hours ferry ride, and I didnt even get sea sick, which is a bonus. Yeah, so here are some pictures.







On my way to Nantucket!






Good bye Hyannis







Arriving in the Nantucket harbour







Welcome to Nantucket






Old cobblestone streets on main street.







This path leads from the hostel in Nantucket to the beach.






This would be the beach across the street from the Nantucket hostel.






This is the Nantucket HI Hostel






Sconset light house

Norwegian Flag

So apparently I talk about Norway a lot. The staff team here in Hyannis had a "get to know ya" lunch and were all given a present from Jamie, she said it was something that would mean something to all of us, something she has heard us talk about... and I am pretty sure Norway is all I talk about... so now I have a Norwegian flag! Thanks Jamie!