Wednesday, 30 July 2014

The Freedom Trail

Or as Ken calls it, the French Trail.

Boston has a red brick path that takes you on a walk through the city past various historical sites.

The start of the Red brick trail

Massachusetts State House

There are a number of graveyards along the walk

Several churches too. In this one families would buy box seats.

There appeared to be a certain amount of
"my pew is better than yours" going on.
Following the trail isn't always easy.

Boston certainly knows how to take care of it's historic landmarks.
This is the first public school in America.

It is now a steak house.

This is a bookstore that published the works of some of America's
most important early authors.

It now serves tacos.

Sadly the quincy market that is in this old building is a glorified food court.

Paul Revere's house

The USS Constitution.

The Bunker Hill monument. It contains ~295 steps.

I climbed to the top.

Who brought this guy?

The view was nice though.

I may have taken in too much sun.
So, after our 10+ km walk through the city, we retired to the hotel for a brief rest before heading out for dinner, having realised we were potentially leaving Boston tomorrow and had neglected to eat any Chowder thus far...

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