The first stop on our journey back to the UK is Newport in Rhode Island.
Newport is ok, pretty much exactly what you imagine a town in New England to look like. The journey into port by tender is pretty good (I always enjoy the tender for some reason).
We do a bit of geocaching (#GC8FWQP, #GC88TKT) and take in some of the sights listed on Atlas Obscura such as this mysterious tower which some locals claim was built by aliens:
The town is gearing up for Halloween and some of the houses are already decorated. There’s definitely a Stephen King vibe to this town.
Our dark tourism tendencies draw us to the Newport Jailhouse Inn in search of an atmospheric beer. Too late we discover the Inn is actually a guesthouse. So instead we stop in at the Brick Alley Pub. The beer is ok, the decor suitably cliché and touristy.
A quick nose around the shops, a new Christmas tree decoration bought and then it’s back to the Sky Princess.
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