Boston {Day 2}

We were up earlier than expected Tuesday morning and quickly packed up our stuff to head to our sweet hotel in town.  They even had a room ready for us so we were able to check in early.  We rely heavily on Tripadvisor for food recommendations while we travel - rarely have we been disappointed.  This morning we ate breakfast at Theo's Cozy Corner Restaurant.  I saw some tempting pictures in the reviews for their chocolate French toast - I couldn't resist.  Wowsers, was that a sugar rush of a breakfast.  Some fellow diners were pretty impressed that I was able to put that all down.

We decided since neither of us knew much about Boston that we would do a tour of the Freedom Trail.  At first I was pretty excited to see our guide all dressed up in an old-fashioned war uniform.  Shows how much I knew - I didn't realize he was dressed up as a British loyalist and that his entire tour would be preformed under this identity.  So when we wanted to hear about our American heroes, he was bashing them and calling them some pretty offensive names.  It was disappointing.  Nonetheless, we followed the dude around Boston and listened to his spill trying to catch some glimpses of interesting, patriotic history. 

Massachusetts State House 

   

Granary Burying Ground – one of many graveyards in Boston 

   

Old State House 

   

King’s Chapel Burying Ground 

   

Benjamin Franklin Statue and the First School Site    

Old South Meeting House 

   

I was surprised that a Chipotle was occupying the Old Corner Bookstore built in 1718 

After the tour Justin and I took the water shuttle up north to visit the USS Constitution.  I thought it was pretty cool to see.  I’m not sure how anyone over 5 feet tall could have traveled in that ship – the ceilings were so, so low.  The museum was also very interesting.

   

We were so, so close to Bunker Hill but Justin needed to be back at the hotel for his first class so we headed back to the hotel.  I love all the cool homes in Boston. 

Since Justin missed his Red Sox game he was toying around with getting tickets to the Celtics playoff game tonight.  He hemmed and hawed about it and finally pulled the trigger about an hour before the game started.  We grabbed a quick dinner at Qdoba outside the stadium and then found our seats way up near the top.  A sweet surprise was that everyone had a Celtics shirt on their seats – something about getting crap for free just makes us happy.

The game was good, but it was really odd to be at a game, especially a playoff game, whether neither of us cared a lick about which team won.  Strange not to root for a team and just sit and watch it.  Kind of takes a lot out of the experience.  No regrets though.  We had a good time and enjoyed some nachos and basketball.