Boston continued

While the weather back home was not that great we were having good weather for this time of year in Boston. Our hotel room was on the 19th floor and we had a nice view of part of the city and the Charles River. We were located in what is called the Back Bay and was near Copley Plaza and the Prudential Building Center. The morning we just kind of relaxed and then we went by the subway to the harbor area. The subway pass is called the Charlie ticket. It is named after the song by the Kingston Trio called the MTA where Charlie could not get off the Boston subway because he did not have the fare. I thought that was a pretty good marketing tool.

We had booked a whale watching tour with the aquarium that was scheduled to leave at 11 in the morning. We got there early and walked around and bought some things from the street vendors. We were excited as they had talked about what they had seen last week when they went out. The sea was suppose to be smooth and a great time to go out. We found our spot at the back of the boat and sat and enjoyed the sun. The warmth did not last long. Once we got out on the water which was in the low 40's and got moving at 30 miles an hour it became very cold. While we did see the light houses on the islands on Boston's outer islands once we left those there was nothing to see.

We went about 30 miles out from Boston to look for the whales along the area they call the Banks which is suppose to be a rich fishing area. We spent about 2.5 hours going back and forth and never saw a thing. By the end the tour guide was apologizing. Of course he said that the trip was guaranteed so they gave us vouchers to come back again as if we had time to spend another four hours on another day. We tried to stay inside the boat cabin to stay warm until we could get back to shore. Can you see the excitement on our faces.

When we got back to shore we decided to venture over to Fanual Hall and Quincy market. We watched a street actor who was put into a straight jacket and then hoisted by his feet above the ground and then he worked himself free. He was cracking jokes the whole time he was both tied up and when working himself free.

After watching him we walked around the different shops for a few hours and then thought we would have an early dinner. There is a place in the market that we have gone to before to have lobster which is what I had my heart set on. This is the place years ago that Shannon got sick at. While I had my lobster it was not as good as we had remembered or maybe we were just still bummed about the whale watching. Maddie did not want to eat anything there so we went to get her pizza after we ate at Durgon Park.








We then started to walk along the Freedom Trail heading back to our hotel. It is so interesting seeing these old buildings that were scenes of events that began the American Revolution such as the State House where the Boston Massacre occurred or the South Church were various meetings were held.

We visited some of the cemeteries next to these churches where some of the famous people are buried. We then made our way to the Boston Commons which is a large green space in the downtown area. We looked for the Make way for Duckling statues. The name comes from a famous children's book written about a mother duck and her ducklings that explore Boston.We had to take a picture there because Cindy had bought the book to give to Payton. After that we walked a bit further and found an ice cream shop and then made it back to our hotel walking about 2.5 miles that evening.