Boston Part 3

Just some more pictures from the boat ride. Unfortunately the second bird picture had to be taken through the glass. He was so close too.

After the boat ride, we went to Quincy Market walking around, window shopping, buying yummy foods and watching street entertainers. We saw a guy work his way out of a straight jacket and listened to some interesting music produced by a Peruvian (?) Indian. We bought one of his Inca Cd's. It is very relaxing music--kind of like the pan flute. That time went too quickly and we had to be back on the bus. We think next time we will just take a bus or train to Boston and do what we want to do, not be under the time restraints of the tour.

One thing I like about bus trips is that I can read on a bus. The best part is being able to read without seeing things that need to be done around you. I read 160 pages which must be a new personal record for me. I am reading, "The Innocent Man" by John Grisham (one of my favorite authors). It is non-fiction and therefore, very exasperating to see our justice system fail so horribly. It's so hard to believe all of it is true.

People watching was fun too on this trip, but I won't go into details as I have always tried in my blog to not talk about individuals unless it is good. But I have to say it was fun and interesting to see a guy who was working at the Cheesecake Factory trying to hit on a girl from the trip. A co-worker had to tell him he was needed elsewhere and he gave up when he found out the girls were only here for the day.

Well, the top picture of the duck says it all, this is the end of my posts regarding our Boston day trip.

Boston Part 2

Okay, first let me mention that I think you can click on each picture to get a nice big view. The first picture is of the tallest building in Boston--an insurance company. I forgot which one. To the left of that building, see the building with the rounded top? That's where William Shatner and David Spader sit at the end of each episode of Boston Legal.

I took the next picture because we were interested in the architecture of the place. It's built so everyone who lives there gets a nice river view.

The next picture is not attractive, but I took it because of it's uniqueness. I think he said it is the only place that a boat can go under a train, under a car, under a plane. It didn't happen when we were there, but I thought that was pretty neat.

One other neat little trivia. We rode by a site where Henry Ford had his factory. It is said he got so upset with one employee, that he took his desk outside and set it on fire-thus the origination of "You're fired." Glad just the saying lived on and not the actions, can you imagine? I'd get nervous if I saw my boss going for matches!

Okay, this is continued on the next post.

Boston Trip

Wow, this has been tricky for me--adding pictures to the blog. I cannot find out how to write with each picture. I may have to do each picture as an individual blog entry.

Anyway, this is a picture from our trip down the Charles River in Boston. As you can see it was an absolutely gorgeous day. We took a bus from Litchfield with a stop to pick up more people in Watertown. When we arrived at Boston, we were left at the Cambridge Mall to walk around and then to dine at the Cheesecake Factory, which was included in the tour price. We were allowed ample time to digest and walk some more before our narrated boat ride down the Charles River.
I will go to another post for pictures now and then return for a wrap up post.