A visit to a chocolate factory was our first call on Wednesday morning, followed by an indepth discussion/ interrogation by New Bedfords Mayor! He was even taking notes on best practice in Scotland!!
We then presented at New Bedford Rotary Club and then headed to the Whaling Museum - which was extremely interesting, but somewhat gruesome... and if you want to know why a sperm whale is called that, you need to pay a visit!!The Ocean Explorium was brilliant - and we even found Nemo!!
Thursday we headed to Slater Mill - the site of the birth of the textile Industrial Revolution in North America. Someone wanted to stay and play with all the childrens educational toys!
Blackstone Valley Tourism Council followed and we were given a present of coffee syrup for making Rhode Island Coffee Milk - apparently the national drink....
We were given a very interesting history lesson of the UK by a National Park ranger at the Roger Williams National Historic site (we probably learnt more here than in any history lesson at school!). Then we visited the Rhode Insland State house for a tour. Happily there was also a food expo on at the same time! So we got to eat lemon ice, chocolate, root beer, clam cakes and Indian jonny cakes! The diet isnt going so well!!
We were announced on the floor - smartly dressed in tartan!That evening we went to see a comedy about torture.... an interesting experience!
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