This morning, we took a bus tour around Boston. We stopped at the Old North church. I had never seen boxed in pews before. The families used to decorate them like home. They were used to keep the families warm in the winter.
Stopped at Quincy Street market to browse the shots and get a snack.
Glad we did our own exploring yesterday, so we could stop at some places and see more of the city. There are about 600,000 people who live in Boston.
Drove out to Lexington, where the minutemen were gathered up to start the journey to the Revolutionary War. The reason they were called minutemen was that they were given a minute to get out of bed and dressed.
Saw where the first shot occurred in the Revolutionary War. Next door, was a house where Nathaniel Hawthorned lived for 3 years and where he wrote his famous books.
Stopped at Plymouth Rock. This is where the Mayflower sailed and where the Puritans set foot on American soil. The rock is much smaller than I thought. Over the years, chunks have been taken out and given to various places. There is a piece of it in Plymouth, Michigan. We saw the Mayflower II, which is a replica of the original.
Now, we are in Hyannisport, Cape Cod for the evening. I would like to have seen the Kennedy compound, but unfortunately, the bus does not fit down that street.
Tomorrow, we take the ferry to Martha's Vineyard. President Obama and his family will be arriving tomorrow, too, but they are staying at a home on the western side of the island. Who knows, maybe I might see some of the secret service. Of course, I found out on the internet where the house is that Obama will be staying at for the next 10 days.
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