Monday and Tuesday we finished up our Freedom Trail stops. Here were are at the Old North Church (the "One if by land, two if by sea" church). I am sitting in General Gage's pew. Interesting, since he was the bad guy. The church is a still-operational Episcopal church, though they no longer sell pews to raise funds.
On our way out of the North End after finding the church and a few other things, we think we located Keith's "Warm Scala" bakery. Nope, I am not kidding. We are not 100% certain, but one of these days we'll pop in and ask them if they have any warm scalas.
Unfortunately, we had just bought bread at a little bakery up the street, so we didn't stop in and ask about the scalas, but this was our yummy lunch, complete with gorgonzola cheese from Italy:
Tuesday morning we went and visited the new state house, and I found a bust of John Adams to stand next to:
We came back to the hotel through the Public Garden, which is where the book "Make Way for Ducklings" takes place. Just for Ellie, here are the ducks!
We wanted to give you a shot of our new favorite pastry place's box:
We've visited 4 days out of 5 for their amazing cannoli, and we're trying to decide if we have time to run up to the North End right now before dinner and bring some back for dessert. Yum. We might even bring some home on the airplane.
Yesterday evening we went No Name Seafoods for dinner, a restaurant we visited each of our trips in undergrad. While they may be known for cheap and fresh seafood, we felt the preparation left a little to be desired, and don't think we'll be making a trip back. Sad.
Today, after sleeping way later than intended and in honor of it being the day-after-St. Patrick's-Day, we visited the Sam Adams Brewery. They give you free tours, along with free samples and a sampling glass to take home. Pretty cool. They must figure that you'll like the beer enough to go buy it at a bar later. While we won't be going out to any bars later, we sure enjoyed the samples!
3 comments:
Looks awesome! I'll show the kids in the morning! I took Joy to those ducklings also a few years back! Ellie has stayed completely off wheat so eat up those pastries except for a few bites! (She never even asks for it!)
I am reading one of Carver's high school history books -- "The Founders' Second Amendment," which starts out as a blow-by-blow in Boston, 1774-ish. I'm at the section where General Gage is the chief antagonist. The book's pretty slow-going -- I was thinking it needed more pictures, so thanks for providing them!
Wow, your trip sounds like so much fun! I'm sooo glad you guys got to go!
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