2006-08-07

Boston Vacation, Day One Dot One

(Post continued...) Here's Trinity Church (I've gleaned through the pics we've uploaded onto our family pics site, you should have a login if you think you do, otherwise why would you think so, eh?):

Also got to see the actual bar from Cheers:

In between we got off at one end of the Boston Common, a huge and beautiful park in the middle of downtown, ate some lunch at Bennegin's and took a swan boat ride (basically a big pontoon boat driven by one guy on a paddlewheel).

Lots and lots of ducks proliferated:

But by far the highlight of the day was a walking tour included with the trolley ticket through the elite Beacon Hill residences (as the trolleys were not permitted down those streets. Gorgeous houses, from $1.5-5 million apiece (and not a lot of house to go with that either, we're talking maybe 2000 sq. ft. for the expensive ones). Got to see John Kerry's residence when he's in Boston:

And we met up with some enterprising young Beacon Hill residents who decided to set up a lemonade stand along the walking route, which was most welcome:

Carrie, as usual, tried to grab a cameo in each shot:

At the end of the walking tour we ended up at the other side of the Commons, where there existed a great wading pool called the Frog Pond. For once Carrie decided to avoid the camera, but failed to take into account Donna's new camera with it's action-setting:

We finally dragged our sorry rears into the cafe across the street for dinner and retired for the evening. Though we had a full day, we're going to try to accomplish even more tomorrow - a walking tour of the freedom trail, and then a bus tour of Lexington and Concord. Somewhere we will try to hit the Girl Scout shop up here as it is close to Lexington, and the girls will hopefully have completed the work they need to do towards the Freedom Trail badge.

Stay tuned, more details as events warrant.

And no, we have seen no flying concrete debris as of yet, but thanks for asking.

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