So Monday in America was the 4th of July, also known as Independence Day, or better known as America's Birthday!!! I have been in Boston so it was only right that Jeff, Michael, and myself celebrated the 4th of July in America's first city. We walked on The Freedom Trail throughout the day on Monday seeing different sites that relate to the start of America, such as the first public school, Paul Revere's house, and a cemetery where some famous folks from the Revolutionary War era are buried.
Monday evening we joined about 800,000 other people for Boston Pop's, one of the biggest (if not the biggest) 4th of July celebration in America. There was some excellent music by Martina McBride, as well as the Boston Symphony, and some very, very impressive fireworks. We were able to sit on the curb and just watch the musical festivities as there was a very large screen right in front of us. Then when the fireworks started we moved just a little towards the Charles River, and got to watch a spectacular fireworks display.
We had no problem getting onto the subway with all the other people, as the MBTA did some great planning for this event in all regards. We bought week passes for 15 bucks to ride the subway, buses, and ferries all around Beantown, and that was a great idea.
Yesterday, the boys were pretty tired, so we didn't even leave the hotel until almost 1 pm. We went down to Fanueil Hall, which is a really cool area to watch street performers, eat good food, and do some shopping as well.
Jeff and I ate some clam chowder and lobster bisque that were both wonderful. We then found an Ned Divine's Irish whatever, and ate a pretty decent late lunch there. When we finished lunch, we watch another street performer and walked on over to Paul Revere's house. There's not much to see at Mr. Revere's house, but it's cool to read about the history of it, and it is well-preserved also. His house is in the Little Italy area, so the boys and I found some Natural Italian Gelato. I ate Pistachio and Banana flavored Gelato and it was very, very good.
When we finished walking in that area we headed off to Fenway Park, for of course, a Red Sox game. Fenway Park, a national historic landmark -- or at least it should be if it isn't one. It was pretty cool to say I've now been to Fenway. The game went quick, and had an incredible ending to it. The seats we had weren't the greatest, but I haven't been the best planner this year, and I'm sure we could have gone some better ones if we wanted. I get stuck doing all the planning for these trips, so I can accept blame for the bad seats.
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