Estoy una zombi. Parte I.

Amber Miller and Callie Prevo are visiting this week.  Arriving Saturday, I dropped them at the train station so they could go straight to Providence, RI.  I then joined them on Sunday in Providence accompanied by Ashley Luginbuhl from Rockville.  Perhaps the funnest thing I saw in Providence was The Carrie Tower on Brown University campus.
Had to document the finding...

Ashley and I in Providence, RI in front of the capitol building.

On Monday, we moved onto Newport, RI.  Attentions focused on Bellevue Ave and the Newport Mansions.  As I had forgotten my camera back in NY, all of the following pictures were taken by Amber Miller.  

 First stop: The Breakers.  Vanderbilt home.  Completed 1895.

Commissioned as a summer "cottage" for the Vanderbilts, it was the largest of the mansions we saw.

 The Breakers

 Exploring The Breakers

 The Breakers

 Ashley L, Me and Callie P at The Breakers

 Ashley L. Me. Callie P.

 

Second stop: Marble House.  Vanderbilt Home. Completed 1892.

It's impressiveness is undeniable. However, of the homes we saw that day this one was easily considered the least favorite.  Reflected by the fact that it merited this one solitary photo to be taken of its cold facade.

Third stop: Rosecliff. Oelrichs Home.  Completed 1902.

I skipped the fourth stop to drop Ashley off at the train station so this is actually the

Fifth stop: The Elms.  Berwind Home. Completed 1902.

The Elms

 The Elms

The Cliff Walk.  Trying to take a picture with a building in the background. Well....we got the corner of it!

So we enlisted the help of a passerby. Not quite sure what building that actually is... Callie said it is part of the Salve Regina University there in Newport.  I can neither confirm nor deny her statement. 

It was quite the day. It was a step back in time, to a culture and lifestyle I can only struggle to comprehend. We would float from ball room to dining room to sitting room to bedroom.  The bedrooms, so small in comparison to the grand rooms filling the homes, it caused us to remark in surprise that they had such small rooms.  When in reality, my entire apartment and then some could have easily fit into even the 'smallest' of those bedrooms.

To Be Continued....