Provincetown

What a crazy, energetic, beautiful place!

Sarah and I got the early morning ferry from Boston to Provincetown ($65 return tickets bought through the Harvard outings centre) ready for a quiet day strolling down the beach. Little did we know that we would have an epic day full of random things!

We met Pam (Musical Theatre teacher) as the pier and she showed us down the main street which was streaked with rainbow flags, restaurants, shops and lots of people with dogs.  We were fortunate enough to stay in Pam’s friend’s apartment which was right across from the beach on the main street, which meant we had the perfect location for crazy shenanigans.

After a French toast brunch, we went for a swim in the beautiful water of Cape Cod. It was nice and relaxing until I nearly got ran over by a boat! Sarah and I did some shopping while Pam rehearsed for her performance. Provincetown has some of the coolest shops I have ever been to. There was this one where they sold old army uniforms, pith helmets and number plates (basically anything awesome!), then we found an old antique shop that had the coolest clothes and incredible hats. I so wanted to buy this hat but had nowhere to wear it L. We also had popcorn flavoured gelato and tried salt water taffy which is addictive.

By this time it was 5pm, so we went to the Church to watch Pam perform in a musical theatre show featuring local singers singing contemporary songs. So many talented people! We laughed through songs from Book of Mormon, cried with songs from Ordinary Day and enjoyed the anthems from Wicked and Catch me if you can.  I wish there was this much emphasis placed on the arts back home!

It was then Lobster time! Well for Sarah at least. Watching her try and eat it, was hilarious. So was watching all the drag queens walk past promoting their shows. Provincetown (unbeknownst to us) is one of the first entirely gay friendly communities in the USA and at nighttime the place completely changes with festivities and shows. We decided to see Electra, the drag queen, perform in a one woman show where she changes from Barbara Streisand to Bette Midler to Elton John. 

We then met up with Pam’s friends who owned the apartment we were staying in. They loved our Australian accent (we sound so bogan so I don’t know why!). We then went to a gay club with them which was quite fun. It was definitely an epic night full of unexpected things.

 

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