Rhode Island

Friday afternoon we packed our bags and headed to Rhode Island for a long weekend. We stayed with the Fisher's who recently relocated there from Colorado, Jeff & David are old college friends.
















Saturday we set off out and about Newport, home to many of the opulent estates on the waterfront. We visited the Breakers, the summer home for the Vanderbilt's built during the gilded age.

















On the year of its completion, The Breakers was the largest, most opulent house in a summer resort town that was considered to be the social capital of America.

As you can imagine it was quite the sight!
















The entrance




















View from the backyard

















It was then onto the Marble House, and is said to be inspired by the Petit Trianon at Versailles in France.

The entire estate is made of over 500,000 cubic feet (14,000 m³) of different shades and types of marble.















It was also the sight where Alva Vanderbilt hosted rallies for women's sufferage on the lawn.