Salem - October 31st

At home, Halloween is the day where everyone dresses up. In Boston, its where you see many celebrations across the city. However, me and the girls chose to visit the very famous town of Salem. Much of the city's cultural identity is reflective of its role as the location of the Salem witch trials. It is the perfect place to visit at Halloween and we couldn't say no! 

After work, we bundled into the car hire car that Katie's parent had rented and we were off! 
No Halloween is complete without some form of costume, thankfully we were prepared. We had all planed our costume or rather face paint design as it was convenient being in the car.  

 Before 

I was planning some sort of zombie thing, Nicole wanted to be a cat/leopard and Katie decided on a bird/owl - Birdie being her nickname, it suited her :) 

Ahhhhhh - After

I think we looked pretty good until the cutest wee boy walked past us in his Lion costume! 

We headed towards the main area and past many ghouls and creatures on our way. 

The centre was filled with so many people - all in costume. 

King Kong made an appearance, throwing candy to passers by. 

We decided to get his attention by shouting 'King Kong WE LOVE YOU'  and we were rewarded with candy! 

In the center, we made some new friends...

Met the Election Candidates....

And met a fellow Scot! 

Such an array of characters seen in one night!