The Homes We Needed, Part II
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
I'm sure Jack White and his band love to stay at Bed & Breakfasts...
On Sunday we pulled ourselves away from Harvard Square and back toward Kingston. We listened to the final mixes and packed up our things, taking off for Pennsylvania.
I had noticed that Bellefonte PA was right along our route home (on I-80), and that we’d be approaching the town at about the time we’d be ready to get some sleep. So I contacted The Queen, a Victorian bed and breakfast. Oh wow. We’re so glad they had a room available.
This place is stunning, and after the whirlwind of the last several days, I couldn’t have asked for a lovelier place to wake up. (Again, far too early.) :) We’re on the third floor, and our room includes the turret — which is making the seven-year-old in me as happy as she could be. Little windows all around, a shelf full of books, a fireplace… A reader’s heaven.
These guys had a crazy weekend with the Central Pennsylvania Arts Festival, so we’re indebted to them for making a room available to us so last-minute. And we’re amazing by the attention to detail here… We got in at 1am so we haven’t had a true look around, but our room is a work of art.
More importantly, like The Irving House, the whole place has a sense of kindness to it, a sense of being home. Which is what we’ve needed — and wouldn’t have thought to ask for. So home found us these last few nights… Thank you guys so much.
The next time you’re traveling across PA, stay here. Simply lovely.
We’ll get some pictures–