Taking on Boston

Tuesday I rode into Boston with Lizard on her way to work for a day of sightseeing, eating lunch with Liz, and shopping. Once Liz was able to locate me a tourist map and set me in the right direction before going to work, I was set! I decided to attempt the Freedom Trail, which ended up leading to some great photo opportunities and a little bit of education of our country's history - imagine that - learning something while on vacation. (The Freedom Trail web link on Wikipedia is most excellent as it provides additional links to the various sites I saw!)


Above is Liz on the train next to the dude who got some additional sleep while encroaching in Liz's space. She was kind to feed me my lines of what I needed to stay to the conductor so I didn't look like a complete tourist (though solidified it in the minds around us in taking this picture!)


After a few wrong turns, I finally found the start of the Freedom Trail - Boston Common - aka giant, green park!



The folks who set up the Freedom Trail did it right by putting a bright, red strip on the sidewalk for all the tourists to follow - it saved me many a times! Some other items along the trail:

Massachusetts State House:









Granary Burying Ground, where Paul Revere and other famous folks are buried:



Whereas people today get on their blog to complain about government, people back in 1742 went to Faneuil Hall to meet and discuss. Now, you can buy an I Love Boston shirt there!






Then, at this point, I saw how the red mark on the map went farther and farther away from where I needed to meet Liz for lunch, so headed back and got an early start on shopping (since that was near where Liz was!) We got some delicious smoothies, then hit up the favorite jewelry store where Liz vogue'd for me a bit:


For the rest of the afternoon I puttered around Boston Common and some shops. (sorry Hot Husband - I am bringing home more shoes!)

Then, after work Liz took me to the local Indian restaurant so I could test out if their Chicken Tiki Masala was as good as the one back home...and it was! Then, off to grab a glass of wine before heading home to the little one...

What a great day I had in Boston...love this town!