A DAY IN BOSTON

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Fortified and full from a great breakfast we headed for the train station. The ride into Boston from Woburn (twelve miles) took about twenty-five minutes with a few stops along the way. We enjoyed seeing the fall foliage and the few small towns we passed through. The trains last stop, where we got off, was in downtown Boston right at Boston Garden where their famous basketball team plays.

We took the trolley tour called City View which takes an hour and makes nine stops. We made an entire day of it by getting off at each stop and walking the area. We walked through the beautiful Public Garden, Boston Commons, past the old, original Cheers and the many,many sites along the Freedom Trail. We spent much of our time at the Quincy Market, Fanuel Hall area. We ate lunch at the wonderful Union Oyster House. One of the high lights of our walking tour was the Old North Church.We walked and walked and then walked some more. When we were on our "last leg" we stopped at the famous Mikes Pastry Shop and sat down to eat canolis. They were delicious. We had never had canolis before. We had only heard them talked about on Everybody Loves Raymond.



We rode the train back to our home away from home--The Marriott Residence Inn in Woburn where we enjoyed a splendid dinner.


When it was time to go to bed nobody had to rock us to sleep. We went to sleep with smiles on our faces and slept like babies (Happy babies).

7 comments:

Loren said...

When we were there it was my daughters birthday so we went to this restaraunt and told the staff it was her bday. We were on the top level of the restaraunt and when the waitresses and waiters came over to sing the WHOLE floor of people began to sing to her.....it was AWESOME!! It is a birthday she will never forget. :)
The freedom trail by day and the whole restaraunt singing to her at night woohoo it was truly a gift every day we were there

thanks for all your kinds words in your email and I think I will be getting with you in the new year!

Bless you Clif so very much!

Cheptoek said...

Thank you for sharing bits of your journey. The photos are beautiful.

Heart2Heart said...

Clif,

My hubby has been to Boston quite a few times and has always wanted to visit the locations you described here. I will have to show him the pictures and hope that one day we will make it there like you and Charlotte!

Love and Hugs ~ Kat

Ginger~~Enchanting Cottage said...

I wish I could of been a mouse in your pocket on this wonderful trip.
The old buildings are so beautiful, and the trees as also.
You were missed,
Ginger

aspiritofsimplicity said...

Don't you just love the North End...where Mike's is. Boston is such a great city.

SmilingSally said...

Johnny and I have visited Boston once before and saw many of the same sites. I loved your pictures. You know, I still have not ever eaten a cannoli!

Signing Out said...

I'm from the Boston area and am really enjoying your posts from your trip. You sure did get around to see lots of thing while you were here!

Jane