Plymouth is where the pilgrims finally settled down. Somewhere nearby, they walked off the Mayflower stepping on a rock that was inconveniently placed for tourism and subsequently moved here. Someone carved a 1620 on it and then a nice enclosure was built around it. In time, a complex of souvenir shops and moderately priced seafood restaurants grew around it. All this is under the view of a statue of Chief Massasoit who helped the Pilgrims survive.
We ate in the native guide suggested restaurant and then escaped. Climb the hill one block and you find modern Plymouth. It's a nice little town. We wandered through a pawn shop, a Brazilian convenience store, a tea shop and a good chocolate shop. We ran out of time but it was a lot better than all the cheap souvenir stores. There did seem to be quite a few idle individuals of the drunk and homeless sort. It's not a place that I'd choose to winter over.
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