North America: Ep 02 - Newport, RI

The day started at 06:30am with a short walk around the corner to the meeting point in New York. It was a group of 27 plus a guide and driver so there was plenty of space on the coach. We departed New York and started to make our way to the next state of Connecticut.

Leaving New York on the coach at 06:30am.

We arrived around mid morning to enjoy a comfort stop with services from Mcdonalds, Subway & Dunkin' Donuts. After 30 minutes we made our way to Newport, Rhode Island. We would spend around 2 hours total here exploring by the water and grabbing some lunch, before we met back on the coach for 13:30pm.

By the water in Newport, Rhode Island.

Unfortunately this is where we encountered our first problem of the tour. Shortly after leaving Newport on the way to Boston we took a wrong turn. After trying to reverse back up we hit a pole which damaged the driver's window, and the coach was declared too dangerous to drive. It happened nearby to Eisenhower's House, so we spent several hours here passing the time waiting for a replacement coach.

Eisenhower's House.

It wasn't until around 5pm before we were back on the road towards Boston, Massachusetts. We stopped off for food as there wasn't anything nearby to the hotel. Some of the options were Target, Stop N Shop or Wendy's. We finally checked in to the hotel at 9pm a few hours later than scheduled to end the first full day.

A video of this day can be found here:

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