1. M A I N E Why go?

2. M a i n e

3. –Charming resort villages –Lighthouses –Sea cliffs –Peaceful harbors –Pebbly beaches –Indian Summer –Lobster

5. History English first settled region in 1607 (Jamestown in Virginia) Settlers returned to England within 1 year British colonialization in 1620 Shipbuilding industry (continues till today) Massachusetts took Maine (lose of sovereignty) 1820 Maine became 23rd State in the Union Capital: Bangor

6. Midcoast Maine Lots of long wooded peninsulas Once little seafarers‘ or fishing villages Boothbay Harbor: now extremely popular tourist resort Well kept Victorian Houses, a lot of Inns and B&Bs now Whale watching tours

8. Picturesques B&Bs in Boothbay Harbor

9. Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Built in 1827 1826 John Quincy Adams appropriated $4,000 to build lighthouse station One of 61 surviving lighthouses, 52 still in operation

11. L.L.BEAN – an American Institution 1911 invented hunting boots – became the now-iconic Bean Boot in 1951 Beam himself removed the locks from store, made decision to open 24 hours, 365 days a year Nowadays a must to visit Store only closed twice, 1963 assassination of JFK and Bean‘s funeral 1967

12. First L.L. Bean Product

13. Amish Traditional men‘s clothes

14. Ladies‘ fashion

15. The Amish Philosophy Do not drive cars, hire a driver Are all wearing same ‚uniform‘ Religion similar to Catholics (God not Rome) No elecitrity, gas stoves, gas cookers (internet) Speak German (Plattdeutsch) English like a foreign language Big families About 180‘000 Amish in US and Canada

16. Some more impressions

17. Enjoy Maine