Because of Facebook, we made plans to visit another school friend, Diane Altman, center, who now lives in New Bedford, MA. We all went to North Attleboro High School, (MA) and graduated in 1964.
Lucky for us, Diane has lived in New Bedford for years and actually is a volunteer who explains a lot of the origins of the historic buildings in New Bedford, and is well-versed in the history of the whaling city.
She was able to show us around the historic district and we had a great tour, ending with a visit to the NB Whaling Museum, which was fascinating! Everything from skeletons from huge whales, to displays of scrimshaw and lots of history of ship-building, wonderful paintings and antiques on display.
We had a nice lunch at an old building, now a pub-style restaurant, which was a bank years ago.
