a hunting we will go
So Claudia ended up making me these really awesome homework assignments so that i could explore Boston and she could show me all the cool things. They ended up looking like treasure maps. She printed out google maps then drew paths for me to follow and places i needed to go. It was a lot of fun. We're going to put the whole thing behind a cut because guess what? I also got pictures. =)
My Saturday homework assignment was to go along the freedom trail, visit Faneuil Hall, Quincy Market, and Haymarket, then to the Long wharf, aquarium, and North End.
I started out on the freedom trail in the Boston commons. It's this red painted line or red brick path that you can follow around boston and it will take you to all these historical sites. You can pay $14 and do the audio tour, wait for the guide dressed up like a colonist, or you can do what i did and just walk the trail by yourself. So, I start walking on the trail and it takes me through the commons and i see this guy.
I have no idea what was going on, but i thought it was kinda funny and cool. He played really well.
Moving on, the first building I came upon was this one. It looked kinda like the palace in Agrabah. You know, with the yellow dome and such.
Peek-a-boo
Here's a better picture without the tree in the way.
It ends up that this is the state house. Weird.
This was across the street from it where i was standing. I have no idea what it is. I thought it was pretty. It has something to do with the war for independence...at least that's what the park ranger was saying.
I'm sure this actually said what it was, but it's a bit hard to see.
Moving along the freedom trail i saw this clock tower. It belongs to some sort of church. They have those in spades here.
There's actually one i keep walking by that's written in all chinese characters and i'm dying to see what the mass is like.
Creepily enough, i walked by this historic cemetery which came with those authentic-looking-worn-away-stone head stones.
I really didn't want to go in because i had no business in there and it really creeped me out so i stood at the fence and took pictures.
But eventually i caved in when i saw 100 other people in there and that Paul Revere was buried there.
This is like the huge marker thing for Benjamin Franklin's parents. I guess it's a family plot. it's at a weird angle because i'm cutting the people out of it.
And here is Paul Revere.
Just kidding. That's some guy orating about Paul Revere and that he did so much more than warn again the British attacking. Apparently, it was "the federals are coming!" instead of "the British are coming."
Here's paul revere's tomb marker...i think.
Or this might be his tomb marker. Not really sure.
Now this place really creeped me out because the paths looked kinda like they were built over the graves and i don't do that. I don't know where i learned it, but you aren't supposed to walk over graves. I'm superstitious in that grave yards creep me out if i don't really have a reason to be there. Spirits and all that stuff? Yeah, i don't take that lightly. I felt this weight of anxiety the entire time i was in there. I'm not joking. It didn't ease up till i was well out of that place. Definitely would have NEVER taken a picture of myself there. Last thing i need would be some ghost showing up in my picture. I did get this last shot though before i high-tailed it out of there like my ass was on fire.
Oh, and these people had their babies in there. THAT i would also never do. Unborn much? You just don't introduce the newly living to the dead. That's my philosophy.
I kept following the red brick road and it led me to the old city hall.
Which was also for sale. You could go inside, but i didn't want to pay.
Outside to the left they had this statue of Ben Franklin.
Each of the little pictures at the bottom were different. You know, signing things and other stuff.
Here's a close-up of the inscription.
In the front they had this thing. You were supposed to stand here and it said, "stand in opposition."
And this is what you looked at when you stood there.
For some reason, at first, i thought it was a moose. It's a donkey.
I think this gives the best picture of what it's supposed to look like. You there, donkey there. I was kinda wondering why they didn't have another one with an elephant.
This is the sidewalk decoration outside the gates.
It was very detailed for something people walk all over.
I'm assuming this is an old building because it said, "five cents savings bank." I'm not even sure if it's still a bank.
This is a gigantic Borders that i saw. 4 stories. I was in awe of this.
It was a statue with pigeons on her head. i just thought it was funny.
The red brick road then took me to the site of the boston massacre. Here's the sign.
And if it didn't happen in there, then it happened here in the street.
This is a miniature inside that shows what the old state house looks like. I got in trouble for using flash. I also had to pay to go further than this. What a rip.
Here's a comparison of the actual outside.
another clock tower.
The weirdest things always happen when i walk around. The fire fighters were having some benefit and they brought out this really cool old fire truck that the kids could sit in and wear fire helmets and pretend to drive in.
The freedom trail finally led me to Faneuil Hall where there are all these touristy little shops inside and a post office for some reason. Right next to that was Quincy Market which is this huge place with about 25 different little food places to eat at with vastly different themes. There was a greek gyro place, indian, organic vegan, pastry and sweets, chinese, japanese, mexican. You name it, they probably had it. I got a free sample of some macaroni and cheese from the organic place and it was GOOD. I ate here.
Fitting isn't it? I don't know what it is with all the alice themed things here in boston, but i just keep finding them. I had a bowl of clam chowder in a bread bowl (because that's what claudia suggested i do for lunch) and it was really good. I really enjoyed it. Being able to eat my bowl was fun.
After i had my lunch i went just behind the quincy market and faneuil hall to Haymarket. They have it every friday afternoon and saturday. It's not so much a farmer's market as it is a place to get some really cheap shit. I mean 4 bell peppers for $1or two bags of romaine hearts for $2. I was like, "holy crap!!" The stuff isn't bad either. All the stuff was really fresh and looked good. I'm going there from now on because why buy from a super market when i can get my veggies for like a quarter of the price? They had fruits there too. I might get some and make me some desert. Anyway, they had this cool thing in the sidewalk where they do the Haymarket. It had bronzed fruit, newspapers, apples, and crates imbedded in the sidewalk.
i thought it was cool.
After that, claudia's directions took me away from the freedom trail to do other things. I headed towards the Long wharf to see the pier and the ocean. Before i could get there, i had to cross the street where they had all the tours head out from (duck, city, historical, the like) and i just happened to cross the street in front of where they do the haunted boston tours. Here i am getting ready to cross the street.
What was that cute little thing that i was going to step on?
Why, it's a tiny little mummy made out of the same thing that the crosswalk was. I thought he was cute.
Here's the long walk to the long wharf.
Along the way i found this thing. It amused me to no end.
You put a quarter in, push the button for the available stall and it opens up for you. What amused me even more was the fact that people kept trying to use it and it wouldn't work. They stood in line and waited to fail to get into the bathroom. For some reason, when they were up to bat with their quarters, it was going to work for them where it had failed with the last people.
Here is the harbor.
It was kinda gorgeous and it was a beautiful day.
You could actually sit on the edge and just watch the planes come into Logan International or watch the tour boats come and go. The breeze was amazing. So here's me sitting and doing just that.
I imagine it looks like i'm about to jump. I didn't, but i kept wondering how many people have lost their flops by doing this.
One of the boats had this cool reflection on it.
There was this...thing...just there overlooking the water. I have no idea to its purpose.
Me again! Plus the thing.
After spending some time there, i tried to head to the aquarium, but the line was ridiculously long and i really don't want to have to deal with people so i said i'd go another time. At least now i know where it is. Then i headed up to North End which is pretty much the Italian quarter. Up and down all these streets were italian restaurants, gelato places, italian grocery stores, italian bakeries. Claudia told me to go to a place called Modern Pastry because they had authentic pastries (she wanted me to try a real cannole from Sicily) that she really likes. Since she's from the motherland, i took her word for it. However, the line was out the door! For a pastry shop!! I couldn't believe it. I'll have to go back there another time too. On one of the street lamps there, they had put one of these sign posts up that was really neat.
The north end public library had quotation marks as their benches. i also thought that was cool.
I really liked seeing the city and walking about. Claudia knows a lot of really great places to go. I'm getting tired, so i'll wait till tomorrow to post my Sunday homework.
Preview of my next adventure: the pond, the hill, the house, and my room (finally).
SSDD
My Saturday homework assignment was to go along the freedom trail, visit Faneuil Hall, Quincy Market, and Haymarket, then to the Long wharf, aquarium, and North End.
I started out on the freedom trail in the Boston commons. It's this red painted line or red brick path that you can follow around boston and it will take you to all these historical sites. You can pay $14 and do the audio tour, wait for the guide dressed up like a colonist, or you can do what i did and just walk the trail by yourself. So, I start walking on the trail and it takes me through the commons and i see this guy.
I have no idea what was going on, but i thought it was kinda funny and cool. He played really well.
Moving on, the first building I came upon was this one. It looked kinda like the palace in Agrabah. You know, with the yellow dome and such.
Peek-a-boo
Here's a better picture without the tree in the way.
It ends up that this is the state house. Weird.
This was across the street from it where i was standing. I have no idea what it is. I thought it was pretty. It has something to do with the war for independence...at least that's what the park ranger was saying.
I'm sure this actually said what it was, but it's a bit hard to see.
Moving along the freedom trail i saw this clock tower. It belongs to some sort of church. They have those in spades here.
There's actually one i keep walking by that's written in all chinese characters and i'm dying to see what the mass is like.
Creepily enough, i walked by this historic cemetery which came with those authentic-looking-worn-away-stone head stones.
I really didn't want to go in because i had no business in there and it really creeped me out so i stood at the fence and took pictures.
But eventually i caved in when i saw 100 other people in there and that Paul Revere was buried there.
This is like the huge marker thing for Benjamin Franklin's parents. I guess it's a family plot. it's at a weird angle because i'm cutting the people out of it.
And here is Paul Revere.
Just kidding. That's some guy orating about Paul Revere and that he did so much more than warn again the British attacking. Apparently, it was "the federals are coming!" instead of "the British are coming."
Here's paul revere's tomb marker...i think.
Or this might be his tomb marker. Not really sure.
Now this place really creeped me out because the paths looked kinda like they were built over the graves and i don't do that. I don't know where i learned it, but you aren't supposed to walk over graves. I'm superstitious in that grave yards creep me out if i don't really have a reason to be there. Spirits and all that stuff? Yeah, i don't take that lightly. I felt this weight of anxiety the entire time i was in there. I'm not joking. It didn't ease up till i was well out of that place. Definitely would have NEVER taken a picture of myself there. Last thing i need would be some ghost showing up in my picture. I did get this last shot though before i high-tailed it out of there like my ass was on fire.
Oh, and these people had their babies in there. THAT i would also never do. Unborn much? You just don't introduce the newly living to the dead. That's my philosophy.
I kept following the red brick road and it led me to the old city hall.
Which was also for sale. You could go inside, but i didn't want to pay.
Outside to the left they had this statue of Ben Franklin.
Each of the little pictures at the bottom were different. You know, signing things and other stuff.
Here's a close-up of the inscription.
In the front they had this thing. You were supposed to stand here and it said, "stand in opposition."
And this is what you looked at when you stood there.
For some reason, at first, i thought it was a moose. It's a donkey.
I think this gives the best picture of what it's supposed to look like. You there, donkey there. I was kinda wondering why they didn't have another one with an elephant.
This is the sidewalk decoration outside the gates.
It was very detailed for something people walk all over.
I'm assuming this is an old building because it said, "five cents savings bank." I'm not even sure if it's still a bank.
This is a gigantic Borders that i saw. 4 stories. I was in awe of this.
It was a statue with pigeons on her head. i just thought it was funny.
The red brick road then took me to the site of the boston massacre. Here's the sign.
And if it didn't happen in there, then it happened here in the street.
This is a miniature inside that shows what the old state house looks like. I got in trouble for using flash. I also had to pay to go further than this. What a rip.
Here's a comparison of the actual outside.
another clock tower.
The weirdest things always happen when i walk around. The fire fighters were having some benefit and they brought out this really cool old fire truck that the kids could sit in and wear fire helmets and pretend to drive in.
The freedom trail finally led me to Faneuil Hall where there are all these touristy little shops inside and a post office for some reason. Right next to that was Quincy Market which is this huge place with about 25 different little food places to eat at with vastly different themes. There was a greek gyro place, indian, organic vegan, pastry and sweets, chinese, japanese, mexican. You name it, they probably had it. I got a free sample of some macaroni and cheese from the organic place and it was GOOD. I ate here.
Fitting isn't it? I don't know what it is with all the alice themed things here in boston, but i just keep finding them. I had a bowl of clam chowder in a bread bowl (because that's what claudia suggested i do for lunch) and it was really good. I really enjoyed it. Being able to eat my bowl was fun.
After i had my lunch i went just behind the quincy market and faneuil hall to Haymarket. They have it every friday afternoon and saturday. It's not so much a farmer's market as it is a place to get some really cheap shit. I mean 4 bell peppers for $1or two bags of romaine hearts for $2. I was like, "holy crap!!" The stuff isn't bad either. All the stuff was really fresh and looked good. I'm going there from now on because why buy from a super market when i can get my veggies for like a quarter of the price? They had fruits there too. I might get some and make me some desert. Anyway, they had this cool thing in the sidewalk where they do the Haymarket. It had bronzed fruit, newspapers, apples, and crates imbedded in the sidewalk.
i thought it was cool.
After that, claudia's directions took me away from the freedom trail to do other things. I headed towards the Long wharf to see the pier and the ocean. Before i could get there, i had to cross the street where they had all the tours head out from (duck, city, historical, the like) and i just happened to cross the street in front of where they do the haunted boston tours. Here i am getting ready to cross the street.
What was that cute little thing that i was going to step on?
Why, it's a tiny little mummy made out of the same thing that the crosswalk was. I thought he was cute.
Here's the long walk to the long wharf.
Along the way i found this thing. It amused me to no end.
You put a quarter in, push the button for the available stall and it opens up for you. What amused me even more was the fact that people kept trying to use it and it wouldn't work. They stood in line and waited to fail to get into the bathroom. For some reason, when they were up to bat with their quarters, it was going to work for them where it had failed with the last people.
Here is the harbor.
It was kinda gorgeous and it was a beautiful day.
You could actually sit on the edge and just watch the planes come into Logan International or watch the tour boats come and go. The breeze was amazing. So here's me sitting and doing just that.
I imagine it looks like i'm about to jump. I didn't, but i kept wondering how many people have lost their flops by doing this.
One of the boats had this cool reflection on it.
There was this...thing...just there overlooking the water. I have no idea to its purpose.
Me again! Plus the thing.
After spending some time there, i tried to head to the aquarium, but the line was ridiculously long and i really don't want to have to deal with people so i said i'd go another time. At least now i know where it is. Then i headed up to North End which is pretty much the Italian quarter. Up and down all these streets were italian restaurants, gelato places, italian grocery stores, italian bakeries. Claudia told me to go to a place called Modern Pastry because they had authentic pastries (she wanted me to try a real cannole from Sicily) that she really likes. Since she's from the motherland, i took her word for it. However, the line was out the door! For a pastry shop!! I couldn't believe it. I'll have to go back there another time too. On one of the street lamps there, they had put one of these sign posts up that was really neat.
The north end public library had quotation marks as their benches. i also thought that was cool.
I really liked seeing the city and walking about. Claudia knows a lot of really great places to go. I'm getting tired, so i'll wait till tomorrow to post my Sunday homework.
Preview of my next adventure: the pond, the hill, the house, and my room (finally).
SSDD