The Sites and Tastes of Boston

Red Grandma requested that we spend a little time in Boston this week . . .

. . . so I booked a Freedom Trail tour--a 90-minute walking tour with a costumed guide.  Our guide taught us a lot of interesting (and often entertaining) things about Boston's landmarks, both old and new.

For example, we learned that the so-called Boston Massacre didn't actually take place in front of the old town hall, where its plaque is.  The squabble happened in the middle of the street, and if the historical society had put the marker in a busy intersection, the tourist death toll would have been higher than the actual "massacre's" (in which five rowdy citizens were killed by frightened British soldiers).

Luna found the tour very informative.

At the end of the tour, our guide posed for a picture with us in front of Faneuil Hall Marketplace (which is currently enshrouded in very patriotic scaffolding as it undergoes renovations).

We tried some of the famous mac 'n cheese from the Faneuil Hall food court, as well as some delicious clam chowder (when in Boston . . .).  Aunt Heather also bought a yummy little Boston cream pie to share with everyone.

As if that lunch wasn't decadent enough, on the way home we visited Uncle Andrew's absolute favorite gelato place in a nearby suburb.

Uncle Andrew was right--the gelato was awesome.