Freedom Trail

March 13, 2012 Tuesday
Emmett's MRI had been canceled (& luckily isn't actually necessary pre-surgery so we don't need it, which is one less appointment this week!) so we had a free day. Tuesday morning it looked a little gray & drizzly, but by early afternoon, we lucked out & had yet another fabulous day. Unheard of in March to reach almost 70 here in Boston, but we headed downtown to do some site seeing!
The easiest way to see a lot of historic sites for someone that truthfully doesn't know a lot about my hometown is to just follow the Freedom Trail. It's a genius idea someone had a few decades ago-they painted a redline across the sidewalks to a lot of the historic sites that people love to see. You can see a lot of interesting points of interest & not get lost!
We started out at Make Way for Ducklings near the beginning of the trail & then we made our way through the city. Emmett loved being outside, which is a main motivator for these activities. He even napped in the stroller for an hour or so.

I believe this is in the old State House entrance, which is now a museum

The Old North Church

("one if by land, two if by sea")

We ended at the USS Constitution & didn't go all the way to the Bunker Hill Monument.
It's from the original/first Navy commissioned by George Washington (I believe).
Also known as Old Iron Sides & is the Flagship of the Navy still.

Finally taking a breather after walking all afternoon



The North End is where all the Italian immigrants settled and to this day the Italian culture is very dominant there, so it's the place to eat! We went to a hole in the wall, but more popular pizza place, Pizzeria Regina. Yummy! Then we hurried back to our cars that were at the beginning of the trail before it got too dark.

We felt really lucky to have 2 beautifully warm days in a row! Especially when Wednesday morning we got up to head down to the hospital & it was quite chilly again & stayed that way all day, we realized what a blessing it had been!