Boston for Spring Break

This year for Spring Break, we let Michael choose where he wanted to go, since Emily gets to go to Italy this summer. :) Since there is so much to see here, I am going to blog after a 2 year hiatis. LOL!

So, Saturday morning started at 5:00 AM. We got up and headed to the airport for a 8:00 AM flight. Our tickets said that our flight was non-stop, but found out that we were flying to Baltimore first. Fortunately, we didn't have to change planes. So what do they put on your ticket when you don't really stop?

We left Tennessee 70 and 80 degree weather and landed in a misty, snowy 39 degree Boston. Some of us were not very happy about that. I'm guessing you know who!

We got our rental car and headed to Residence Inn near the Nort End of Boston. We are very close to the USS Constitution and Little Italy.

Our room was not ready so the lady at the front desk suggested that we go on a Trolley Tour of Boston. So, we bought our 3 day pass and went in search of food.

We ate at lunch and people watched. We saw lots of runners and families out walking. We saw lots of dogs! Gotta love that! And we saw a group of teenage boys smoking a joint. Yep.

After lunch we walked to our trolley stop and got on the Upper Deck Trolley Tour. Our tour guide's name was Bill O'Brien and he is a native Bostonian. He was awesome. He reminded us a little of Cliff Clavin from Cheers.

The tour was around 2 1/2 hours longs. He passed along many facts about Boston. He also had a typed up list of things that we should see while here. Love it!

Some of the interesting facts from our tour....

-Apparently, Dunkin' Donuts is huge here. We saw 17 stores on our route. I'm sure we missed a few.

-He told us about the Great Molasses Flood. It killed 21 people and injured 150. Crazy. There's a book about it called Dark Tides.

-He loves the Red Sox, but it's a shame that it costs so much to go to a game now. It cost a family of 4 $300- $400 dollars with parking and food. He really lamented that!

-Apparently, there are only 2 Republicans on the whole island of Cambridge. So we doubled that while we were there. Ha!

-Paul Revere was married for 15 years and had 16 children. wow.

-Observation - drivers in Boston are not very patient. Just sayin'

Our favorite "Bill" quotes:

-"That person must be in a coma" referring to a driver in front of us.

-"This used to be an ugly, rat infested place"

-"Know what I'm saying?'

-"Look here"

- "Ladies and Gentlemen"

After our tour, we headed to our room. Michael and Emily fell asleep and Kevin and I watched the Cats and Cards play in the Final Four.

We ordered in food from a restauant in Little Italy. It was called Paolo's Trattoria. It was yummy!

Today is the walking tour including Faneuil Hall. High of 51 today.