Hocus Pocus, my favorite Halloween movie! Which was mostly filmed in…SALEM!
The first time we went to Boston, in 2007, I saw a Salem sign on the way there and I just SCREAMED! I had no clue where Salem was but I knew this was the witches town, and witches equal Halloween, and Halloween equals fun! I wanted to go right away, Brian didn’t, so finally we settled that we would stop on our way back… I think he was hoping I’d forget about this while we were in Boston, but oh no I didn’t, I thought about it all weekend long…
So, on our way back we took the Salem exit, found a little village, not a ‘cute’ little village, though, like I imagined, but anyway, we were there and we started to look for witches! I had my Salem-witch-hunt-map ready, but strangely, it seems like I couldn’t find anything, it was just so confusing, the street didn’t match, there were no stores, nothing scary really. So we stopped at a General Store and Brian went in and asked where the most popular Witches Dungeon was, and, yeah, well, the answer was ‘sorry Sir, but what you’re looking for is Salem, Massachusetts. Here, you’re in Salem, New Hampshire’. So Salem, Massachusetts was left of the bucket list, until 3 weeks ago!
So during our last minute October road trip to Boston, we finally planned a full day in Salem! Woohoo! We had no particular agenda, I just wanted to walk and visit this really ‘cute’ and unique village. October is very special for Salem, they call it Haunted Happenings, has they host a month long Halloween party! Yep, my kind of place. We got lucky, as it was also the Food Truck Festival while we were there in the Salem Common, a park right in the middle of this historic village. It was full of amazingly delicious food trucks, with so many people, a little bit of rain, some New England Clam Chowder and a few lobster rolls; we all enjoyed our food truck lunch under a huge pergola!
We walked on the red line all day, which guides you through town. Going through shops, little cafés, delicious bake shops, while stopping every 15 feet to take pictures. We saw the CLUE house (ya, like the game, where a real murder happened!!!), the Bewitched statue of Samantha, and a wand shop called Wynotts. Everything was stunning…simply scary stunning! I was in heaven. The houses, the trees, the crooked sidewalks; I am just in love with this place. I can’t wait to go back… yeah, well, I’m going back next year, just decided!!! Next year I want to bring my mom and the boys. They would love it. So bucket list for next summer: Salem! And this time I wanna do the Red Trolley Tour and the Hocus Pocus tour (it was sold out).
As I’ve said before, I’m not into the scary stuff, but even I loved walking in the Salem 300 years old cemetery…it was kinda creepy but yet so fascinating, or something like that! The old stones, the huge tombs, the graved names, the old trees and the very old iron gate; it felt like in a movie. Well, it was like in a movie… as this cemetery is the exact same one you see in the movie Hocus Pocus!
So next year, I want to spend more time just sitting in a pub or café, take a tour, visit Dani and Max’s house, visit the witch dungeon, and do the Salem Escape Room!
You have to visit, and if you do, please bring me! It’s just a little Hocus Pocus!
Ah say ento pi alpha mabi upendi
Ah say ento pi alpha mabi upendi
In comma coriyama
In comma coriyama
Hey, hey, high, high
Say bye-bye!
Bye bye!