Been busy, Been warm, Been tired! I think that about describes it. Boston is unseasonable warm… there average at this time of year is about 82… been above 90 everyday we have been here and the humidity rises more each day!
Before I left Tacoma, I had found a gentleman through Trip Advisor ratings who could give us a private tour of the city on Sunday. David, his son, picked us up at 10am… and off we went till 3pm…
Saw so, so, so much and loved the fact we were in an air-conditioned vehicle and we could stop, get out, check things out, and get back in a cool car. This was especially good for Halley… She seems to get more sedentary… Sure hope she can turn that around!
Oddles and oddles of pictures, so I’ll just post a few. You all know, this area is just filled with our country’s history and one can only imagine the courage all these folks had. I’d be hard pressed to say that we would find that same attitude in today’s society. We hit all the spots from historic to regional (like Little Italy, etc) to commercial (Bar that served as a front for the Cheers TV Show). Had lunch in a tavern Paul Revere frequented.. been there since the 1700’s, Warrens Tavern. When we first walked in, it felt old and even smelled old (not too gross or I would have left!); it was even air-conditioned… LIKE as we say on FB. Paul Revere’s home, The State House, Several Libraries, lots of churches, The ship, The Constitution, Harvard (way too huge!), Kennedy Library, a new Holocaust exhibit that really different, Faneuil Hall, Fenway Park, Bunker Hill, and that’s just a few of the places!
Monday, we bid adieu to Halley and Dan, and then we took off on foot about 9:30am for more walking around. Jerry said we should get out before it gets too hot… Too late, at 9:30 it was 79 degrees! Anyway, off we went… Decided to checkout if we could find a geocache… and we did… awesome! Actually, located another one about 45 minutes later near Boston Commons. From there we kept walking, walking, walking… looking at things, checked out the graveyard with Paul Revere and a whole bunch of other famous folks. More walking around and ended up at the Boston Public Library …A beautiful building with a large courtyard in the middle and a couple restaurants, one of which we choose to have a late lunch. Nice, and relaxing and refreshing! After lunch we toured the building… just as beautiful as the NY Library! Okay… nuff of this stuff!
This memorial has 6 difference glass box/towers... and engraved on each of them, in small letters, are the names of all the victims of the Holocaust
Cool old churches, where they have boxes instead of traditional pews. People would have their own box and would bring little metal boxes filled with hot bricks to keep them warm... I never really thought about how they wouldn't have normal heating there...
Don't ever let me wear those plaid shorts in pictures again!
The Washington Monument was designed after this, the Bunker Hill Monument. This one stands 221 ft tall. You can climb the stairs all the way up to the top! However, this day, they were not allowing anyone to go up due to the heat! All stairs, and no air or fans!
Harvard... and the unique buildings....
And this, my folks, is NOT a church on campus... was built as it's Annenberg Freshman Dining Hall... It reminds me of Hogswart!
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