Boston Weekend

After touring Lexington and Concord we moved our headquarters to the Ritz Carlton on the Boston Common for the weekend. The Boston Common is akin to Central park in Manhattan, but the city of Boston had nonstop activities and concerts setup throughout the weekend to entertain the people of Boston. Even though Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States it feels very youthful and vibrant. Friday evening we set out to explore the city touring China town and the Italian sections of the city. We also enjoyed the Rose Kennedy greenway which was a result of "the big dig" where Boston officials dug a huge tunnel underneath the city to reroute the highways. The greenway is located where the old highway was in the city and creates an incredibly nice park area with water areas for children and beautiful plantings and sculpture. The elimination of the highway reinvigorated the neighborhoods which had previously been cut off from the rest of the city because of access issues. We saw the old North Church, various meeting halls, Paul Revere's houses and many places along the Liberty walk.
Saturday we took a trolley tour and checked out the U.S.S. Constitution in Boston Harbor. We took a break for lunch and met some dear friends who live in Boston and enjoyed a great seafood meal in Charlestown. After lunch we saw Bunker Hill and Greerson and Christa got a personal tour of a World War II ship. We then boarded the trolley and checked out various communities of Boston such as Beacon Hill. We then decided to have dinner at the Quincy Market place. The food offerings in one place are amazing.


The outstanding memory from our stay at the Ritz Carlton was the service that the ladies and gentlemen at the Ritz provided, but also the luxurious bathroom was a definitive positive memory of the hotel

 This was the soaking tub which came with a menu for specialty bubble and oil baths

 This is the shower which was extremely nice for a hotel

Each room had a lovely peacock feather in a vase outside to welcome the guests

 This is a gate in the China town section of Boston

 This theatre was near our hotel and may be the possible cover of my next textbook

 Faneuil Hall and marketplace

 Looking away from the old north church

 The new greenway that used to be an interstate

 Fanuel Hall paintings of George Washington

 and King George

 this is the seating area along the sides of the main meeting seats that faced the stage

 This was the nicest Walgreens I have ever seen!

The Cheers Bar is in the background located at Quincy Market. This is a recreation of the tv studio set.

 I thought this looked interesting

 A statue of Harriet Tubman

 Even the gas stations had style!