So I apologize for the long absence, but I've been busy you see. If you've been following along, then you know that I've been in Boston, MA. I'll try to sum up my trip over the next few days. This is probably cheating by normal blog standards, but eventually I'll have a buffer of blogs to post. You'll just have to stay posted for updates.
Anywho, Day 1:
I wake up at 2:30 in the morning, shower, etc. Get in the car and drive to Baltimore, it was about an hour and forty five minute drive that saved us about $200. So, all in all, I'm going with that it was worth it.
So I get there soo early that not all of the restaurants are open yet. I settle on a California Burrito place that had a decent looking breakfast burrito and then wait on my flight. I almost was late because I parked in the Long Term B lot, which apparently isn't even in the airport proper, so I had to await a shuttle and then get through security and all that. But I made it with time to spare.
Ate breakfast and then boarded the flight. Landed. Safe and sound. I then proceeded to the rental car place to see if S made a reservation (See I had reminded her almost weekly about it until she said that she took care of it, so I wasn't much concerned). Turns out, we did not have a reservation, but they still had plenty of cars so no big issue. (Other than that the EZpass didn't work at all and we had to actually use the tolls.)
Then I had about an hour to kill so I drove around the airport, went into town to get hairspray and some combs. Then doubled back to pick up S from the airport. Then we went to the hotel to check in and get settle before meeting up with some of the in-laws to go hang out for the day.
The adventure started in an old graveyard near Boston Common, it was either at the start of the freedom trail or pretty near to the start of the freedom trail. I'll put up some pics now:
Here's a shot looking toward the center of the graveyard. Very old stones here.
6 years old. You'll also notice throughout the pictures that the stones are practically on top of one another, turns out they just used burial shrouds and not caskets. (Click to Enlarge)
Sam Adams tombstone. Everyone put pennies on it, they're not really sure why it started, but they think it was a secular thing. I guess it's supposed to bring good luck. I put a dime on there.
Some of them had a ton of names on them. Very odd, in my opinion. The caption on this one reads, "The innocent, first victim of the struggles between the Colonists and the Crown, which resulted in INDEPENDENCE."
Monument to Paul Revere I think, not sure though, it was on the left side as you faced the center.
"Stop here my Friend & Cast an Eye as you are now so Once was I as I am now so you must be Prepare for Death & Follow me." By far the coolest epitaph that I saw on the trip, and there were many contenders.
You can't hardly read this one, but it was quite lengthy.
The gravestone of the woman they attribute Mother Goose too.
A very old church that was on the Freedom Trail.
First four commandments, different from what I remember.
Last six commandments. S thinks they are out of order.
Martha Balls grave.
Robert Balls grave.
I mad this one considerably larger than the other so you can see the musket ball marks on it. You'll be able to find out what that's about a few pictures down the line.
Gravestone from 1661, one of the oldest we saw
Here's the explanation to the musket ball marks in one of the previous pictures.
Freedom Trail marker. The red bricks ran all over town to let you know that you were on the Freedom Trail. We'd use it quite often to get back to the car.
That's right, we got hoodwinked in Boston, but we did get to see the replica bar they made and the bar that was the inspiration for Cheers.
Moose #1
Moose #1 in better light.
Moose #2 and random guy who's probably wondering what I'm on.
Anywho, that's about how we ended the night.
Other stuff we did during the day that I didn't take any shots of was that we went to Faneuil Hall, which is of some historic significance, but it was mostly a market and restroom visit for us. There were also a troop of dancers out front, the emblem on their shirt was YAK (You Already Know), I guess they're regulars there because we passed them again a few days later.
Not my video, but it gives you a sense of what we saw.
We went to Lucca's for dinner (Website Here). I felt that it was good, but very overpriced. I can't remember exactly what I had, but Italian and I are limited friends due to lactose issues. I want to say that I got some pappardelle with a bolognese sauce, but I can never be sure of these things.
After that we had some Mike's Pastry (Website Here) for dessert. We thought they were also so-so. A swing and a miss today for Boston food.
Oh well, back to the hotel to rest up before another big day in the city tomorrow. Not to mention that by the end of that day I had been up for almost 24 hours straight.
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