Boston

Boston is such an amazing place, so rich with history. You can sense the history in every building structure! This is Amy and Lee's building in Cambridge.

First thing this morning when we got up ( 11 o'clock for me, 11) we took the subway over to downtown Boston. We took a stroll through Boston Common, a beautiful park. Amy showed me all her favorite statues. I like the Frog Pond and statue the best!

We had lunch at the famous Cheers pub...had some yummy food.

The rest of the afternoon we walked the Freedom trail all over Boston. We were able to see a number of historic places including this cemetery, who is a home for John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin's parents, Mother Goose, and Paul Revere. I am covering the original small grave stone, but you can see the more newly monument.

Along the way, there was a sidewalk monument to the Boston Latin, which is was the first public school, right in front of the old state building.

This is the old state house and my sister Amy 'standing in opposition' with the donkey. She is standing on a tile of footprints with elephants on the print.

Boston is beautiful...the harbor and a view of the city from the harbor.

Paul Revere's statue and his home. We unfortunately weren't able to tour it because it had closed a half an hour earlier. We were late because we stopped at a tourist destination, Mike's Bakery, for some yummy Italian pastries.

This is Boston's monument to WW2 and the victims of the Holocaust. The towers have the numbers, the way the individuals were identified, engraved in the glass of 5 tours and quotes from survivors. There is continual steam that comes out of the ground into the towers. It was an amazing site and memory.

For dinner we met up with Lee at the Red House at Harvard Square. It was a quaint restaurant with a fireplace and all. Dinner was delicious! We headed back to their place to play some games and hang out. I am excited for tomorrow!

Heidi and Michelle we miss you!