bunrab | Today's touristy stuff

We went to the Poe House & Museum - a very small house, indeed, and even reading every word of every sign, it didn't take us terribly long. And in the house lived Poe's grandmother, his mother-in-law/aunt, his wife/cousin, her brother, and himself. 4 tiny rooms, and then even after they built a couple more rooms on the back, still tiny. We then went over to the cemetary where Poe's final grave is (both Poe and his relatives got moved around a bunch post-mortem.) Some nice shady spots in the cemetary.

Then we went down to the Inner Harbor, ate lunch, and took the 60-minute Sightseeing Cruise on the Prince Charming. A few interesting things on that route - especially the Domino Sugar factory - huge ship being unloaded of its brown sugar, and then the factory itself - refinery, I guess, would be the correct term - which smells strongly of caramel, which wafts across the water, sometimes with a whiff of what my nose interprets as burning raisins to go with it. Even with the stiff breeze that being on a moving boat on the water brings, it was quite warm, though, and we were glad to get home and take a nice, air-conditioned nap.

Tomorrow: the Smithsonian Art Museum.