Rhode Island - Block Is and Newport
Suddenly we decided before the long weekend to go away for the weekend... Well, we looked at where we can drive within 3-4 hrs and Rhode Island/ Block Island clicked correctly.. One of my colleagues had shown pictures of Block Is and he is from Block Is. We wanted to go to this place for a while and finally it worked out.. Lucky to get a reservation at the Hampton Inn using our reward points with only two days left. We started on saturday, May 29, around noon and we reached our hotel by 4.30 p.m. We dropped our bags and immediately took off to the Cliff Walk in Newport. We started from the Narrangasett Ave point and walked south before checking out the 40 steps down the cliff to a beautiful view. In about 30-40 min, drizzling started and we had to head back in the rain.. It was a bummer.. We decided to have early dinner and retire.. We checked out this restaurant Sambar on Thames St. They hardly had any vegetarian entree. We tried an eggplant dish which was good. But, this place