Blood In Stool With White Strands

Day 7: il est is!

January 18, a Tuesday.

After studying the system bus of Maryland, specifically those around Baltimore, we discover that there is a happy stop not far away and the bus takes us almost where we want to go, ie: the cemetery where Edgar Allan Poe in Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, at the intersection of Green St. and Fayette St.
Presented at the heart of Baltimore, we find easily and quickly Westminster Hall and the cemetery.

There he is!
It was right there beside us! Poe was a few meters away from us!
But the cemetery was closed: (

We will ring at the door of the church where a man comes out to see what it happens. I asked him if he can go to the tomb of Poe, but he said no, that is closed for now ... Anyway I know that we will come back soon, 18 at night to wait for the Poe Toaster, and I do not despair ... And here we go again, towards the Poe House and Museum, which is closed too, but I was already aware.
We spend a bridge, and here too - as in Camden - l'aspect of the city changes (in less radical anyway) Almost a ghost town of abandoned houses at first glance, not everyone in the Street (still St. Lafayette yet).
We continue up the street from the museum. As we cross a police officer or a îlotier asking us if we can help, he was asked where the museum. In fact, it was just a few steps ahead. But we wonder how long you intend to stay (a few minutes while taking pictures), because it is a " bad area "(skid row). It is near the time of our photos and ironing before him, he is saluted and we repeat that it is a" bad area "... OK, OK. .. Honestly, we did not cross very many people in the neighborhood ...

then Directorate Office of Tourism, which is not nearby. It is located on the harbor, Inner Harbor. Unfortunately, it was closed Monday and Tuesday. No bowl ...
We continued our visit ...

A small tour of Baltimore and its port:

the other side of the harbor is a bookstore Barnes & Noble .. then I could not resist and walked. Spacious, tidy book, with specific categories ... one floor, with a Starbucks Coffee ... What a dream ...

(with a radius of Poe)

I found two books ... And this is where we began to ask baggage return: Will there enough room inside?

Hem ...
It is beginning to be hungry and you pass the Kona Grill, which looks like a nice restaurant.
Like any good American restaurant, they serve hamburgers, so let's go. Very hearty and very good, we feasted!

Then, well, then bus back to the hotel for a nap because we knew a sleepless night waiting for us!

the evening, around 21h, we made burgers (again!) At a fast food restaurant next door, but this one was just the "take away" and then we went back to Baltimore by car this time.
In Westminster Hall, we met for real (because we were already in touch on Facebook) Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe Museum.

He welcomed us very warmly and suggested we spend the night watching the Poe Toaster with him and some others (museum volunteers) inside of the church ; former Presbyterian church, which is now used for ceremonies, concerts and a few weddings. It took us around the catacombs and the mausoleum beneath the church

then told us how to spend the night, what you should do if they saw someone enter the cemetery, strategic locations, etc.. We even went and emerged in the cemetery at the original location where Poe was buried (as !!!), emotions because that is where will the Poe Toaster. We presented the 4 others who have come this evening (weekdays, it's always harder than the weekend).
We then installed our observation posts ...

to follow ...