Showing posts with label Portsmouth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portsmouth. Show all posts

Sunday, July 22, 2007

A Saturday Adventure

Yesterday was an absolutely beautiful day. Rather than braving the beach crowd, we decided to park in Norfolk and take the ferry across the Elizabeth River to Olde Towne Portsmouth. I don't want anyone of you to sound like a tourist, so I need to help you pronounce the names of these cities. Norfolk: "Nahh-fk" (yeah, the second syllable is a very bad word). Portsmouth: "Port-smith" (the second syllable here, fortunately, is not a bad word).

In Norfolk:



From the $1 Elizabeth River Ferry:




In Portsmouth:





Though we really like the Hampton Roads area, one of our complaints has been the lack of local coffee shops. Portsmouth had just what we've been looking for: