Tourist in Town at Battery Park
As most of you know, I teach Basic Blogging and Social Media Savvy Workshops for The Money School of Delaware. These workshops are usually held at the Bear Library, close to home in Middletown.
However, last week I taught a workshop at the New Castle Library in Old New Castle which is a beautiful, quaint little town about 30 minutes from my home.
The class was very interactive and I was glad that all of these “future Delaware bloggers” came out on such a beautiful day. Because it was such a beautiful Saturday, after the workshop, Beverly Powers, an attendee, author and friend of mine decided to have lunch, stroll through the town and then take a walk through Battery Park.
We decided to have lunch at Jessop’s Tavern a small Colonial Style restaurant where I ordered a delicious salad topped with shrimp and Beverly ordered the same but with salmon.
The salads were both large enough to satisfy our hunger as well as filling enough to justify the walk down to Battery Park.
We stopped along to way to take pictures as I had never been to Old New Castle during the day and after living in Delaware for over 30 years it was fun being a tourist in my own state.
Old New Castle is a beautiful place so the next time I visit, I will ask hubby if he would care to join me.
As a matter of fact, starting in July there will be free summer concerts in Battery Park on Wednesdays, so we will definitely come back for one of them.
It was a bit windy once we got to Battery Park but there were a lot of people out and about either walking, having a family picnic, reading, or just relaxing on a park bench enjoying the beautiful sunshine. We took the opportunity to take more pictures and to broadcast few Facebook Livestream videos.
As we returned to our vehicles we peeked into the windows of several stores that were closed due to the lateness of the day.
We picked up a tourist brochure which were available outside of the Mayor’s office and read about the Historic New Castle Heritage Trail with tours on Wednesday through Sunday. These audio self-guided tours are also available online at newcastlehistory.org
It was fun being a tourist in my state of Delaware and I will definitely make plans to come back when the shoppes are open.
How about you, have you ever been a tourist in your own town?
I love Old New Castle and Jessop’s Tavern. The town and Battery Park are perfect sites for an afternoon of walkng and people watching, as you found out. Thanks for letting us know about the concerts in July!
Thank you Lisa, I am looking forward to going back with hubby as they had an awesome menu.
I can’t wait to go back as they had some amazing items on the menu. Thank you Lisa for stopping by and commenting. Enjoy the holiday and be safe!
So beautiful!
Yes, it definitely was a beautiful park, can’t wait to go back.
Cut town and oh how I miss the beach!
Yes, this was just a little area but no swimming was allowed. However, a few miles south of Middletown are great beaches.
I love quaint little towns like this. How fun!
Yes, and there are so many lovely ones in California that I know you love visiting them and taking lots of pictures there. BTW – how was your son’s year at school?
I love exploring where I live. Just the other day, I found some wooded one-way streets I’d never traversed. Fun.
Wow, that is great. I often wonder why we don’t spend more time exploring what is already around us. Have an awesome holiday weekend!
Delaware is the best place to shop! No taxes, count me in, that’s why I love going to the Christiana Mall. But Old New Castle is fantastic for the scenery!
I’m also a tourist at heart, everywhere I have lived, but there’s always more to see and learn. I love Old New Castle – thanks for the blog!
Thank you, I will be contacting you soon as I need to start my eBooks soon!
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