The morning was spent on a tour. We went to Harvard and then the historic towns of Lexington and Concord as we learnt about the American Revolution / War of Independence. So we heard a bit about the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere's ride, and the early battles between the colonists and the British soldiers. Although the tour was interesting, both Carly and I agreed, the best bit of the tour was driving around the very pretty Boston and surrounds. It is a lovely place. We also saw houses where some noted American authors lived including Louisa May Alcott's which was pretty cool. I always loved Little Women!
We only stopped briefly at Harvard, but at least now I can say I've been to Harvard lol
We caught a train from our drop off point to go to Wahlbergers, something I had never heard of, but apparently a TV show is based on the family and their restaurant and Carly assured me it was a must to visit. While we were eating our (very nice) lunch Carly spotted some guy from the show...and the next thing I knew photos were being taken. Apparently his name is Nacho...
As you can see I was somewhat stunned...the food was great though!
Our other reason for being in this vicinity was to do the Fenway Park (home of the Red Sox baseball team) tour. It was fantastic. Joe, our guide gave us a wonderful overview of the ballpark and the team. Unfortunately the ground was set up for a college football game so it didn't look as "basebally " as it would normally. It was a very interesting tour and we're really glad we did it.
By this stage we had experienced rain on and off and it was still pretty cold...and getting dark...so we walked back towards the hotel, grabbed some salad and fruit for dinner and decided to spend a quiet night watching movies in the room. All the better to prepare for whatever tomorrow may hold.
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