Lowell

there are so many things to do, see, and go!!!!
if you visit during the summer, make sure to get a canal tour! it sounds kinda hokey and all but it really is alot of fun!!!

I’d like to find someone I met back in university that hailed from Lowell. Not sure if he’s still in the area but from what I can remember his family owned a restaurant there. Never know, could luck out.

View the trip here:

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We came back to Lowell last weekend. There was an apartment for rent below the organic cafe!! So tempting. We stayed at a hotel, had a nice Italian dinner out, and visited Kerouac’s birthplace, memorial park, and grave. Took lots of photos. There is nothing like a quiet New England town in Autumn. It was rainy but peaceful. I heart Lowell.

We went last weekend but only had a few hours to spend. This weekend is the Kerouac festival… I so wish we would have been able to be there this weekend instead! We did have time to visit the Kerouac commemorative monument and a lovely organic cafe on Middle Street called Life Alive. Spent some time wandering around the cemetary (unsuccessfully) looking for Kerouac’s grave. We shall return soon!

I live on the north side of the Merrimack in Pawtuckettville, about a half-mile from the falls. The best time of year to come is the the Folk Festival at the end of July, but it’s really an interestesting, historic, beautiful city all year round.

...would be Jack Kerouac’s gave. Other than that, nothing to scream about. (Or anyway, that’s my experience – your mileage may vary.)