Boston Trip

Hey all!

Back from Boston and ready to move on to a new phase of life. We had some adventures and some interesting experiences but it was a great weekend.

We left last Thursday and immediately got bumped to another flight (direct to Boston) due to our original flight (through NYC) being delayed. The only problem was, our bag was still on the original flight. So we were praying that that flight would make it in time for our bag to transfer, but unfortunately it didn’t. So we spent the night Thursday without our bag but it came early the next morning and they reimbursed us for our overnight purchases! Worked out fine. Plus we got comped breakfast on Friday morning at our hotel. Nice.

We spent all day Friday in Boston, working the subway and seeing the sights. Went to Fenway (Boston Red Sox), Boston Common (oldest public park in U.S.), Park Street Church, Old State House, the Cheers bar, Paul Revere House, Old North Church, USS Constitution, took a ferry across the bay (doesn't Emily look so pretty in the ferry picture?!), Faneuil Hall, ate clam “chowdah,” and generally walked the beautiful streets of Boston. The fun part was that we got to spend time together doing all these things!

Saturday we drove down to Plymouth (where the Pilgrims landed), a quaint little town with a ton of history. We saw Plymouth Rock and a replica of the Mayflower (their boat). Then we walked the shoreline and the shops, seeing the church where the oldest congregation in America meets. I also had a lobster roll there, which is sort of a chicken salad sandwich with lobster instead.

Saturday night was a trip. We were asleep by 11 but were awakened by the fire alarm going off, so we evacuated with everyone else (including the huge wedding reception party—maybe they had something to do with it?) at 1:30am. So it was tough to go back to sleep again but we eventually did…until the alarm went off again at 3am. So it was a tough night! Interestingly, the fire alarm was also going off while we were eating at the lobster roll place earlier that night. Hmm…

Sunday we got up (got comped breakfast again!) and drove through Cambridge (Harvard U) then went up along the coast north through New Hampshire and into Maine. It was so beautiful and the coast towns are really neat places! The tall grasses and beaches are really what I imagined New England to be. We hung out on the beach for a while and shopped a little while until our flight left late that night.

It was a great trip and the best part was just being together. We enjoyed it all and everything worked out great. Take a weekend sometime and head up there!

Love you.