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Monday, August 29, 2011

New England ~ Boston ~ Monday

Freedom Trail and Harvard.

Monday was a gorgeous day in Boston. The sun was shining, the humidity was gone thanks to Hurricane Irene, and we enjoyed a long - long walk following the Freedom Trail and then taking the T out to Harvard. It was so nice to just follow a line in the sidewalk to get to where we were going. We did do a few things of the "trail" but it was so easy to get back on that it didn't matter.

Aftermath of Hurricane Irene

On the swan boats :-)

so fun

one of the many churches

Jason loved this little corner

Holocaust memorial

Paul Reever house

Trinity Church

Not that I like the bible - but I like the composition of the shot

follow the trail



Our first Canolli...

We had such a nice time walking around Boston. One thing that made it really enjoyable was we downloaded a free walking tour from iTunes and had it while we walked around. It was so nice not to have our noses stuffed in a book and be able to look up and enjoy the views! Most of the attractions were free or a donated was asked. Some we gave to, some we didn't.

After walking miles on the Freedom Trail we decided to hop on the T and head out to Harvard. We figured if we were so close we might as well :) That was another nice thing about Boston - everything is so close.

Harvard was kind of like I excepted it. We walked onto the campus and there was just groups of people sitting around on the grass talking - just like in the movies. It was quite strange to get off the T, walk across the street and be on the campus. Though Jason and I both went to college in the middle of wheat fields - so that is a new concept for us. We didn't stay there for too long. It had been quite a day and there wasn't really much to see and we weren't allowed in the library...so we were really only there for about 20 minutes. Enough to say we've been there...

the T at Harvard

just like in the movies...

The Harvard Library

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