Wednesday, March 16th Glastonbury, CT

We arrived to Glastonbury late Tuesday night. We stayed in the Butternut Farm Bed and Breakfast, which is a Colonial house from the 1700's. Don Reid has been running the operation for over 30 years, and he was so kind as to drive us into town and drop us off for dinner and pick us up when we were done. That's over and beyond the call of duty, if you ask me. He's in his 70's or 80's and has a little farm complete with goats, chickens, ducks, pigeons, and geese. He usually gets over 2 dozen eggs a day, so you can guess what we were served for breakfast.



After our delicious breakfast (he once cooked dinner for Julia Childs) we had a tour of the grounds.



Then we were greeted by a lovely couple who spent the morning showing us around Glastonbury. It was a rainy tour, but clear enough to see how old and beautiful the town is. Glastonbury has the second largest number of eighteenth century buildings in the country. It also has an abundance of pick-your-own berry farms and orchards.


My secret shot of our kindly tour guides who showed us around for over two hours, took us out to lunch, picked us up from the bus station (which was in Hartford) and brought us back to the bus station. All this they did to be generous and helpful, because their son is a history professor in Hubry's department. We were very blessed by their hospitality.