Boston!

Over Labor Day weekend, we capped off our travel-filled August with a long weekend in Boston! What a fabulous city - we had a great time walking around town and seeing everything we could. We flew into town, and Mike found out about a water taxi that will take you from the airport across the harbor to the downtown area - where our hotel was. It was an incredible introduction to the city! And the hotel that Mike found...well, now I know what it's like to stay in a 5 star hotel with chocolate turn-down service. Very cool!

Our hotel's pink British style taxi cab!

We started off our first day, like we usually do, by walking, walking, and more walking! We had tickets to the Red Sox game that night, but 7 hours to get there, so we meandered through much of town seeing great sights and gorgeous streets along the way.

Old graveyard in Boston Commons

We stopped in the library...I could read here for a bit!

The game was fabulous. The ballpark is surrounded with bars and restaurants just packed with fans. And Fenway is really something: between the history and the crowd there was something entertaining the entire game! We spent a few innings just walking around looking at the stadium. Our seats were actually old wooden seats - a far cry from our usual at Target Field but such an experience! The game turned out to be a long one, so we finished watching it from one of the nearby restaurants: the Bleacher Bar which was actually under the stadium bleachers! If you're watching a Red Sox game, and see a grate in center field, that's the Bleacher Bar. Pretty cool, to say the least!

Outside the Stadium - the sign for Bleacher Bar is pointing to Mike!

The Green Monster

Saturday we took a guided tour of the Freedom Trail so we could learn some of the history of the sights we were visiting. We really have had a year of following the Revolutionary War with our trips, and Boston was so interesting to visit knowing how important of a site it was for American history. We continued the trail ourselves and happened upon the Boston Aht Festival (say it out loud...with a Boston accent...) and found an awesome new painting. Then we headed toward Little Italy. Oh, how we loved Little Italy! We had an incredible dinner, and then got cannoli and tiramisu to go from Mike's Pastry. The line was down the block, but was worth it!

Sunday, we went to the Boston Common and found the duck statues! I was very excited. :) It was a rainy day, so it was adorable to see all the real ducks and swans just playing around in the puddles. We also found the Cheers bar before we wove through Beacon Hill neighborhoods back to our hotel to dry off.

Cheers!

Make Way for Ducklings

Ducks and swans playing in the rain...good thing we packed umbrellas!

One of the most surprising and best parts of the trip: my friend Krista and her boyfriend had just moved to Boston, and we were able to meet them for dinner on Sunday night. It hadn't been planned at all, but they were able to spend the whole evening with us. We had a fabulous time!