Walking around Boston · 2 July 08 by Heather Voss Barta
Henry and I finally got up on Tuesday and headed in to Boston. We got off at the Park Street T stop and looked inside St. Paul’s Cathedral and then started the Freedom Trail. There were plenty of tours around so we were able to eavesdrop and learn some new information. There are 25,000 bodies in the same cemetery and Paul Revere – many of them children, and most of them buried vertically. And burying at the beginning was only about 3-inches under – none of this 6-feet thing!
We stopped for lunch at Limoncello – which was FABULOUS! (Thanks to Aunt Barb and Uncle John!)
We continued our walk around the Trail and stopped at the Bunker Hill Monument – and walked up (and down) all 294 stairs… I’m a bit sore today!
Then on to the Museum of Science to the The Alps on the Omni screen. Great movie! And encouraged me to not start mountain climbing any time soon!
Then on to dinner with Henry’s cousin at Cleary’s and dessert at Café Vittoria.
Then a train ride back to Braintree.
Then, lots and lots of sleep.
Wednesday was a drive down to Plymouth to see the Mayflower II and Plymouth rock (CALL groups moved rocks bigger than this during their trainings most summers). A fabulous lunch at Arthur and Pat’s – lobster roll and lobster and corn chowder. Pan seared sea scallops for Henry and Aunt Barb. Wonderful lunch!
Back home now for lobster dinner. A great day of food!
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Holy cow – it sounds like you guys ate your way through this trip. Yum!!!
— ellen 2 July 08 #
I estimate our total walking in Boston, conservatively, to be around 8 miles, possibly much more. At a slightly more optimistic guess of 2 feet per stride, that’s easily 20,000 steps.
For those interested in getting a better estimate – we did the entire Freedom Trail, except we cut across little Italy during lunch. We then followed the path back across the river and went across on surface streets to the Museum of Science. We then met my cousin near I-90 and Columbus Ave for dinner. Add another walk up to the southern end of little Italy (assume the straightest route, since that’s probably what our Boston speciallist took us on) and then back down to Boston Commons to catch our train home.
Even with the rich lunch and dinner, I think we broke even at worst.
— Henry 7 July 08 #