On Sunday morning, we said our goodbyes to Kait (and her family and her super-fun dog, Bailey) and headed further south down the coast, this time to Rhode Island. We stopped in Providence and decided we would eat brunch, since we had not yet actually sat down for a proper breakfast (just the hotel continental breakfasts up to this point). So we bounded down to Thayer Street which is near Brown University to sample some local fare.
We happened upon Andreas, which is actually a Greek restaurant. Immediately, the menu spoke to me and my eyes zeroed in on the raisin bread french toast. Jen ordered an omelette. Both meals came with a side of tasty potatoes and a wee-cup of fruit. Absolutely delish. One of the best french toast dishes I've ever had. The use of raisin bread was a special sweet treat to my meal.
We spent a little bit of time poking around Providence, but honestly, there wasn't a great deal to see. We checked out some of Brown (where Jen's cousin went to school many years ago) and some of the downtown before we decided to move on. If we had been in Providence at night, we would have checked out their FireWater show on the water, but obviously we missed this.
From Providence, we drove to Newport. We missed the opportunity to do a trolley tour, which was unfortunate because we really didn't know too much about Newport. From what we gathered, though, the highlights seem to be the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the multitude of mansions tucked throughout the town. Apparently, people travel from all over the place to tour these gigantic mansions and learn about their styles, architecture, artwork, etc. Since this really isn't our scene, we just mucked about for a bit. We did take the trolley to the part of the town that overlooks the water and we walked along a cliff for a bit down to a beach. This was pretty neat in terms of the views of the water and the cliff's rocks.
After a few hours in Rhode Island, we determined we had seen enough and were ready to keep traveling. We headed into Connecticut for the night.
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