joy eats

we started our leisure day by waking up at 12:30pm EST and riding the T into the city (finally). we learned quite a bit about our american heritage by walking boston's freedom trail, a 2.5 -mile historical walk (see the red line) through the city.















highlights were:

quincy market - the touristy food court where we had the best chocolate eclair ever. period. the eclair was so good that i smelled them before i even saw them. they were so good we had to take many pictures of them from different angles. they were so good that joy full-on shoved me aside to get a better view.







old north church - where we sat in box pews thawing ourselves while we listened to the real story of paul revere and the british invasion.











bunker hill monument - the end of the line, the grand finale, and it had closed an hour before we got there. that didn't stop us from milking the experience (see maria and i showing off our victory sign).















one thing's for certain... the road to freedom is very wet and very cold. we only managed to survive the gusty winds and freezing rain by taking shelter in various sites and shops to defrost and eating gummy candies (our "comfort" food).










another picture to emphasize how cold and wet it was... "there is no place like California."












-Mike