Yummy Food and Good Company

 

 

 

 

While in Boston we enjoyed a range of different restaurants. Conner loves seafood, so every restaurant we visited he ordered seafood. One of Steve's high-school friends just happened to be in Boston for work, so we met up with her at a fun Irish Pub. The food was great, and the music was awesome. We stayed there and visited for almost 4 hours. We had a lot of catching up to do. They had a football game on T.V., so Conner watched the game while we visited. We also ate at a Japanese restaurant, and a few cafes on the street. The food in Boston is delicious!

Boston Public Library and New England Aquarium

 

 

 

 

We went to the Boston Public Library. This is unlike any Library I have ever visited. With 14.9 million volumes, the Boston Library is the third largest library in the U.S. In addition to its extensive circulating Library the Library's collection has special strengths in art and art history, American history, and maintains a depository of governmental documents. There are large collections of prints, works on paper, photographs, and maps, rare books, and medieval manuscripts. After the Library we went to the New England Aquarium. We weren't very impressed with this Aquarium. There weren't very many exhibits, and after going to the Aquarium in Chicago it is hard to enjoy smaller Aquariums. None the less, we had a great time!

Tour of Harvard College

 

 

 

 

We toured Harvard University, which was founded in 1636 and is one of America's oldest Universities. Harvard is on a 22-acre plot, and is home to Massachusetts Hall, Memorial Church, the Wadsworth House and the Widener Memorial Library-the third largest library in the nation.

Museum of Fine Arts

 

 

 

 

We visited the Museum of Fine Arts. This museum included historic icons from around the world and across the ages including Ancient Egyptian, Classical and Asian Art, as well as world-renowned collections of paintings, sculpture and decorative arts. We then headed to the subway, and went to Down Town Boston in search of a bakery. We were told by many people that we needed to try a canolie(pasty filled with cream). They were right! Canolies are Delicious!

Fenway Park in Boston

 

 

 

 

We toured Fenway Park. This is the oldest ball park in Major League Baseball. It was such a great tour. They told some cool stories of how the Red Socks team started. We sat atop the famous Green Monster. We will have to go back to Boson when the Red Socks are playing, so we can catch a game!

Boston Bruins Hockey Game

 

 

 

 

Steve and Conner went to see the Boston Bruins play a hockey game at TD Garden. This is the same stadium where the Celtics play, but they didn't have a home game while we were there. Steve and Conner were impressed at how well the fans support their team. They thought the game was awesome!

Boston's Museum of Science

 

 

 

 

We thought the Museum of Science was pretty cool. We sat through an awesome presentation on how lightning works. Conner and Steve also entered a contest of who could build the tallest structure(out of some kind of tinker toy). The trick was that you could only use 10 pieces, and it had to be strong enough to hold a small stuffed bear. They didn't win, but had fun during the process.