Traveling Disers are lost and adrift somewhere?

[castlegazer]

Since I already posted my Boston pics, I will let Ed show you all around today in our fair neck of the woods.

Louisburg Square - where John Kerry lives.

Acorn Street - Beacon Hill

(dontcha hate me that that was my walk to work every day - yeah, well, after about an hour and a half drive in in horrific traffic)

View from the North End

General Foliage Pictures from BOston

(this is Stow Vermont, but I liked the picture)

 

[edcrbnsoul]

 

[deadheadbelle]

um, Boston is great & all. I've actually been here before. (Took my dad to Fenway park Father's Day weekend 1996 to see his beloved Red Sox play [he'd never been there even though he'd been a Red Sox fan since 1940] ).

BUT, The RED SOX are playing at 4pm in Anaheim. Anyone wanna hop a plane over to catch the game with me? Schilling's pitchin' , hubba hubba!

 

[suzannen]

All of this walking around Boston has made me very hungry and since I've left my staff in Newport, can either Ed or Castlegazer figure out where we're going to eat lunch?

deadheadbelle, maybe we can find a sports bar to watch the game and have some wonderful ale while we watch.

 

[castlegazer]

This would be my suggestion for lunch down by Fanueil Hall

 

[castlegazer]

And later for the game:

Down at Fenway Park
11 Years Strong! Our flagship store located at 61 Brookline Avenue. Serving Bostonians and visitors alike, this Beer Works location is just a pitch from Fenway Park. Join us any day or night of the week...be it on your way to the movies, to party on Landsdowne or, of course, before, after or during a ball game! With the stellar service, top notch Bold American Food or Award Winning Beer, there's no doubt about it, Beer Works is the place to have a great time for any occasion.

 

[suzannen]

I'm there! And, I promise to cover up my NY Yankees' shirt so I don't start a riot....although if ilovepcot joins us, there's no guarantee we won't have one anyway. Things just seem to happen when she's on the scene.

 

[ilovepcot]

Ooooh....I'd LOVE to join you guys! I'm not into sports at all but maybe after the game I could introduce you to a few of the players. Yes, they know me!


P.S.
As usual, I'll cause no trouble for anyone.

 

[deadheadbelle]

Ooh, ooh, ooh. Beer Works! I've been there. When we were in Boston for to see the Red Sox, we went there one evening to eat, drink & watch the NBA championship. Bulls won, can't remember who they beat.

suzannen, thanks for covering up the Skankee shirt.

 

[suzannen]

So, are we going to hang around Boston and continue with the sightseeing today?

Most of my trips to Boston have been business trips, so I've never had time to actually do the "The Freedom Trail" in its entirety. Anybody want to come along?

 

[castlegazer]

Sorry Suzannen, I failed you yesterday. I would have liked to have done the Freedom Trail for you - I too rarely get to do the whole thing... but alas, again, I have to earn my living. I am jammed at work today and yesterday. I am going to have to rely on our fearless captain to take you all around today.

I am sure we have moved on today, but I will give you some images of the trail to make up for my lack of presence yesterday:

Boston’s own Yellow Brick Road is actually a Red-Brick Line weaving through the city and connecting 16 key historic sites. Each one tells a piece of the dramatic story of America’s birth into a nation. These sites are not fake amusement park re-creations. They are the actual places where revolutionary-era patriots like Paul Revere and John Adams once gathered. The Hub’s most famous attraction, the Freedom Trail is walked by some 3 million visitors every year. The two-and-a-half-mile red brick trail unites historic markers from the State House with its brilliant gold dome to the 204-year-old battleship, the U.S.S. Constitution, a.k.a. “Old Ironsides.” In between there’s the Old Granary Burying Ground, the final resting place for American patriots like John Hancock, Paul Revere and James Otis; the Old South Meeting House and Faneuil Hall, where some of the most fiery debates of the Revolution took place; and the Old North Church, where two lanterns were hung to signal Paul Revere onto his famous midnight ride.

Boston Common (1). Set aside in 1634 as a military training field and grazing pasture, the Common is the oldest public park in America. The park served as quarters for British as well as Colonial troops, and housed Civil War regiments. The British Army set out for the start of the Revolutionary War from what is now Park Square.

The State House (2). Beacon Street, top of Beacon Hill facing Boston Common, 617-727-3676. Open Mon–Fri 10 a.m.–4 p.m., except holidays. Guided tours Mon–Fri 10 a.m.– 3:30 p.m. The famous golden dome of the State House marks the government seat of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The cornerstone was laid by Samuel Adams, and the building stands on land bought from John Hancock. The red brick portion was designed by the legendary Charles Bulfinch.

Park Street Church (3). Corner of Park and Tremont streets, 617-523-3383. Open by appointment. Tours daily 11 a.m. ’til 3 p.m. during the summer. Sunday services at 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Built in 1809, this church was described by Henry James as “the most interesting mass of brick and mortar in America.”

 

[castlegazer]

Old Granary Burying Ground (4). Tremont Street next to Park Street Church, 617-635-4505. Open daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. This historic cemetery, formerly the town granary, is the final resting place of John Hancock, Paul Revere, Robert Treat Paine, Samuel Adams, Peter Faneuil, James Otis and the victims of the Boston Massacre. A stone inscribed “Mary Goose” (a.k.a. Elizabeth Goose) allegedly marks the grave of Mother Goose.

King’s Chapel and Burying Ground(5). Tremont and School streets, 617-227-2155. Open daily 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; closed Mon. Services: Sun at 11 a.m.; Wed at 12:15 p.m. Burying Ground open daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Tours: Mon and Thu–Sat 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; Tue and Wed 1–4 p.m. Visitors are reminded that King’s Chapel is a house of worship. The chapel was established in 1687 as the first Anglican congregation in Boston. The second chapel, built in 1754, became the first Unitarian church in America after the Revolution.

Site of the first public school and Ben Franklin’s statue (6). On School Street, marked by a column and commemorative plaque. On April 13, 1635 the town voted to establish a school (the forerunner of the Boston Latin School), the first public school in the country. Nearby is Benjamin Franklin’s statue built in 1856, it the first portrait statue erected in United States.

Old Corner Bookstore (7). School and Washington streets, 617-367-4000. Open Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.–6 p.m., Sun 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Constructed as an apothecary in 1718, the ground floor was later used as a bookstore that became the center of literary Boston and the meeting place of such notables as Emerson, Hawthorne, Longfellow and Thoreau. Today, it houses The Boston Globe Store.

Old South Meeting House (8). 310 Washington St., 617-482-6439. Open daily 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Nominal admission fee. The present building housed many town meetings—the most famous of which triggered the Boston Tea Party. Permanent exhibit: Voices of Protest.

Old State House (9). Corner of Washington and State streets, 617-720-3290. Open daily 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Nominal admission fee. Built in 1713, this seat of colonial government was the center of activity for such patriots as John Hancock, and Samuel and John Adams. It was from the east balcony that the Declaration of Independence was first read in Boston.

 

[castlegazer]

Boston Massacre Site (10). State Street in front of the Old State House. At the next intersection below the State House, a ring of cobblestones marks the site of the clash between a jeering Boston crowd and a British guard of nine soldiers on March 5, 1770.

Faneuil Hall (11). Merchants Row and Faneuil Hall Square, 617-227-1638. Open daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Historical talks given daily every half hour 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Military museum open Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–3 p.m. “The Cradle of Liberty” combines in one building a free enterprise market on the first floor with a free marketplace for the exchange of ideas upstairs.

Paul Revere House (12). 19 North Square, Hanover Street, 617-523-2338. Open daily 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. Admission: $2.50; students & seniors with I.D. $2; children (5–17) $1; (under 5) free. The oldest home in Boston, built about 1680, was occupied by Paul Revere from 1770 to 1800.

Old North Church (13). 193 Salem St., 617-523-6676. Open daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sun services at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Known as Christ Church and erected in 1723, this is Boston’s oldest standing church, where two lanterns were hung on April 18, 1775, signaling the Redcoats’ departure by sea for Lexington and Concord.

Copp’s Hill Burial Ground (14). Hull Street. Open daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Set out in 1660, Copp’s Hill was Boston’s second cemetery. Many remarkable people are interred here, including Increase Mather, his son Cotton, Cotton’s son Samuel Mather and Edmund Hartt, builder of the U.S.S. Constitution.

Bunker Hill Monument (15). Breed’s Hill, Charlestown, 617-
242-5641. Climb the monument from 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Lodge and museum open daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. The site of the historic battle of June 1775.

U.S.S. Constitution (16). Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, 617-242-5670. Free guided tours daily from 9:30 a.m.–3:50 p.m.; unguided top deck tours 3:50 p.m.–sunset. This 44-gun frigate is the oldest commissioned warship in the world. The U.S.S. Constitution Museum, located adjacent to the ship, is open daily from 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Call 617-426-1812.[/i]

 

[castlegazer]

 

[ibouncetoo]

Ohhhhh, I LOVE Boston! It was one of my first 'real' vacations as an adult.......I was in heaven with all the 'old' stuff! Thanks for bringing me back here

deadheadbelle congrats on your boys winning last night!
Last night was basketball related for me. Went to America West Arena for the suiteholders party.................Go SUNS!

 

[suzannen]

Castlegazer,
That was a really cool tour. Thank you so much! We've might have been able to do it a little faster if ilovepcot hadn't made us stop at every bar on the way.

 

[edcrbnsoul]

Good job CG!

Since we are on our own pace I thought Iwould give you some pictures of Maine as we drive through

Lunch anyone

 

[suzannen]

Ooooh - I want a Lobster Roll and a nice cold beer!

Gorgeous photos, Ed!

 

[ilovepcot]

So what I got confused for a bit back at one of the old churches (they all look alike) and toured with a group from Ireland! I'm here now and having a great time! To show my gratitude for all you've done for me (bail), I insist you LET ME DRIVE!

 

[edcrbnsoul]

From Maine we head into Conway.
Growing up I spent my summers in this area and now I spend alot of time here in the winter Snowmobiling.

I've made reservations for our stay here

And if Ilovepcot slows down we can .... oh no