This morning we woke up to rain and thunderstorms and a forecast of much the same for the rest of the day. The plan was to head downtown and hit the New England Aquarium. By the time we headed out the door the rain had stopped and as we drove to Riverside Station to take the subway, the sun came out. Claudia and Angela on the Greenline subway train.
Our first stop of the day was the Granary Burial Ground. This is in the heart of Boston and is the final resting place of Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklin’s parents, Samuel Adams and John Hancock to name a few. The cemetery dates back to 1660.
Paul Revere’s tomb.
A lot of the headstones had these skull and crossed bones.
The headstone for Samuel Adams, one of the founding fathers of the United States. Also the namesake of some pretty good beer.
Looking down along Tremont Street.
Statue of Benjamin Franklin at the Old City Hall.
The front of Old City Hall. It now houses a Ruth Chris Steakhouse.
The top of the Old State House, it was built in 1713.
The Freedom Trail is a 2.5-mile, brick-lined route that leads you to 16 historically significant sites .
A view of the front of the Old State House.
We had lunch at the Quincy Market Colonnade. I had New England Clam Chowda and Angela had lobster Mac & Cheese from Boston Chowda Co.
The area between Quincy Market and the South Market.
We started to make our way over to the aquarium, but we were distracted by the sunny weather and no rain.
The line-up at the Aquarium was crazy long and we decided we would come back tomorrow earlier in the day.
The girls with Kevin White, a four term mayor of Boston.
Faneuil Hall Marketplace.
We headed over to the fishing pier for dinner at the No Name Restaurant. We walked over from downtown, it was a good hike along the water to the Seaport District.
The Spirit of Boston.
Our dinner destination, the Boston Fish Pier. It is 100 years old this year.
We all had the lobster dinner at the No Name Restaurant.
It started with bread, cole slaw, fried shrimp and scallops, french fries, and then lobster with corn on the cob.
It was a good meal and we needed to do the walk back to the subway to work it off.
The back of the fish pier.
We made our way back to Riverside Station which was only about a 10 minute drive from our hotel in Waltham. MA.
