Boston

Boston

I am home now, safe and sound, but I do still want to blog about my vacation because I have many days still on the agenda to tell you about.

Today, obviously, is all about the city I grew up next to,  Boston!  We went twice during this vacation.

Museum of Science Day

One of the first places I wanted to visit was the Boston Museum of Science.  I had taken Sam when she was very young, but she was too young for her to really remember, let alone appreciate.  Sam initially was not too enthused to go, thinking it would be similar to the tiny tiny Roanoke Science Museum. Not, I assured her ~ for it’s a massive place and very interesting, so she blessed us with her presence.  After the ritual of stopping for a Dunkins iced coffee, my sister Beth, her two children, Samantha and I headed out to Boston on the “T” (Boston’s subway).

Me, before getting on the subway

Sam on the subway

Beths kiddles on the T

Beth and I, also on subway

Run!

We got to the museum and had a really good time.  Some of the exhibits were how I had remembered, some new and all were good. We had a great time.  I was talking with my mother recently and we both agreed how fun it would be to go and actually have time to read all the exhibits and what they are about. With kids, its a little hard to get it all because they hop so quickly from one thing to the next.

Fanueil Hall

My second trip to Boston was much fun too. Becky was visiting her mother and Mass. friends during our last week in town so we decided to take a trip to Faneuil Hall Marketplace.  If you’ve never been there and are hungry, this is the place to go. The inside of this large tube shaped mall is filled with stands with any type of food you can imagine and the outside is filled with stands too, but these are filled with gifts and things to buy.  After a few high pressure salesgirls attemped to convince my daughter to buy a hundred and ten dollar dress that can be worn 101 different ways, we settled on Boston sweat pants for Sam, a Boston T shirt for her to give her boyfriend,  four small Yankee candles (oh I love that place) and I got myself a pretty necklace with linked turquoise roses.  Becky and her crew spent a lot too.  To top it all off we had dinner at Coogans on Milk Street ~ lobsters for three of us and burgers for the other two.

We took the ferry into and home from Boston too, so we got to enjoy that trip. Outside on the top of the ferry on the way in and inside, due to cold and light rain, on the way home!

Harbor Express

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