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Boston

After leaving Martha's Vineyard, we take a ferry over to Cape Cod and drive on over to Boston.  This is the trip with 10 of us (plus Baxter) and all of our luggage.

Chelsea can't resist a peek over the side.

Tim, Patrick, Elizabeth and Baxter

We see beautiful sail boats.

We go through a bank of fog as we near the mainland.  This shows where we come out of the fog.  Part of the shore is hidden and part is clear.

We stay at the Double Tree Suites Hotel, which is on the Charles River and across the river from Harvard.  Hannah, Chelsea, Andy, Elizabeth and Patrick are buying goodies from Harvard Square shops, our main "stomping ground".  Chelsea and Elizabeth have maps and make great tour guides.

JFK street is the main street.  (Wonder why???)

Nancy and Elizabeth pose in front of Gray's Hall.  Who knows - it might be named for a relative!

Harvard was the first college built in the Colonies.  This plaque says, "Near this spot as indicated in the street pavement stood when the College was founded Two houses.  To the East The house occupied by Nathaniel Eaton, first teacher of the College, 1638-1639, while the College Hall was building.  To the West, The house of Edward Coffe acquired by the College Before 1654 used as a dormitory and known as Coffe's College."

We ate at Tommy Doyle's, an Irish restaurant and pub.

This couple was the entertainment.  Both played the guitar and the girl sang.  With most of the boys playing the guitar, they determined that the boy was pretty good.  The girl is cute, but had only a fair voice.  Fun evening though.

Elizabeth, Jay and Andy watch the entertainment.

We took the Trolley Tour our first day.  This is Fenwick park, the home of the Boston Red Sox.

Although most of the buildings are quite old, this complex is contemporary and parts are at strange angles.

We see lots of people on bikes and ...

lots of people sailing.

We eat a late breakfast at the Deli in the Beacon Hill area.

The homes are pricy.  Here is a brownstone listed at $5,250,000.

Andy, Patrick, Hannah, Chelea and Tim rest in Boston Commons before we take a private Historic Trail walking tour.  The flowers were beautiful.

A windstorm, with lightening and rain, came up and it blew over this large tree (over 100 years old).  Fortunately, no one was hurt.

Our guide was wonderful and gave us a great tour.  We got caught in the rain several times, but she just kept her smile and opened her umbrella.

This is the first cemetery in the Colonies.  There are about 12,000 people buried here.  Originally, they were buried only 3" under the ground and so the bodies washed up often.  A decree came out that bodies should be buried 6' under.  They also buried bodies stacked 6 deep.

John Hancock was buried here and grave robbers dug up his body, cut off his head and his right hand, because he had expensive rings.  They were later recovered and this monument shows his head and at the top it shows his right hand, the hand that signed the Declaration of Independence.  He was the first signer and signed quite large because he said the document was so important.  We now refer to people "signing their John Hancock".

The Boston Public Latin School was the first public school in the colonies, built in 1635.  Benjamin Franklin attended, but dropped out and never finished.

We are rather wet as we finish the tour in front of this beautiful church.

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