Saturday, February 14, 2009
Hello from Boston!!
I really love San Francisco. For a while it was one of my favorite vacation spots, but I believe that has changed. I love Boston! Such a cool city! We've only been here a day and a half and have seen so many cool things. Yesterday while Danny was in classes, I joined about 13 other spouses and guests and we did almost all of the Freedom Trail. We started at about 9:00 and went until 3:30 or 4. It was really neat. I never imagined. One of the highlights was when we were taking a tour of the capital building (amazing...) and they were selling the book Make Way for Ducklings. I thought it was so odd that they'd be selling that book in the capital building. Random. But then, to my surprise, our next stop was the Boston Commons... the spot where the book takes place! I had no idea. That was one of my favorite books growing up. There was the little island with the bridge behind it, and the capital building with the round dome roof. All the streets in the book are based off of real streets in Boston. Danny's aunt Connie (who we are staying with) told us that in the summer they do a big reenactment of the story and kids dress up like ducks and the police man escorts them across the street. How funny is that? I was pretty excited. We bought a copy of the book. I couldn't resist. Other highlights were the cool ooooold cemeteries, Paul Revere's house, the chapels... I could go on, but I think it's time for breakfast (it's been an interesting adjustment to waking up at 5:30 am, which would be 3:30 in Salt Lake...). We have taken lots of pictures so more to come!
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That's one of MY favorite cities, too! I love it! Tell it "hi" for me, please! :)
I love Boston, too! My dad worked there when I was younger, and we lived in southern New Hampshire. New England is the place to be!!
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