We had a fun couple more days in Boston hanging with Sandy and Gena. They were wonderful hosts bringing us to local restaurants and a cool music venue- couldn't ask for better guides. We did end up walking part of the Freedom Trail, which was good. I think I would have enjoyed it more with an audio tour or one of the tour guides dressed in colonial garb. I really think we missed an opportunity there- not going with one of the colonial people. I have commented on several of the tours that we've been on that I would make a great tour guide because I love factoids and history. I even think I could dress up, but I saw one colonial lady gesticulating very enthusiastically and I started to rethink whether I had what it takes. Like was she doing a great job with all that enthusiasm or was she over-acting? Maybe it takes all kinds. Anyway, I like to have a lot of context in historical tours and the plaques just weren't enough for me. Seth wants it noted that he, however, was very satisfied with the information provided by the plaques and the walk as a whole.
Massachusetts State House. Best pic we got.
Park Street Church. Established 1809 by people who wanted a church with more "orthodox Trinitarian theology."
Granary Burying Ground. Lots of famous people of the American Revolution buried here including John Revere, John Hancock, and a lot of Benjamin Franklin's family.
In one of the family pews at the King's Chapel. First Anglican church established in 1686.
Seth- paying his respects to John Revere.
So, instead of taking a picture in front of a sight, Seth prefers to take pictures of us in front of the plaques of the sights, so we can read them later. Ok.
The Old Meeting House. You can read about it in the previous picture of the plaque.
Faneuil Hall. Marketplace and meeting hall since 1743.
Seth likes all the fallout shelters in New England.
Paul Revere's house. This is where I started to get pretty worn out by the Freedom Trail. It's a lot of walking!
We veered off the Freedom Trail to do some of this in the Boston Public Garden.
Seth just reading at the library.
Checking out the courtyard from above.
The Freedom Trail tour did give us more confidence about Seth's feet. He's been wearing a brace on his left ankle and they haven't been swelling the past few days. They even did pretty well walking all over Boston. He is by no means 100%- he still experiences pain and limps a bit, but that's mostly due to a lot of stiffness versus acute pain. At this point, we're able to start being tentatively hopeful that we might be able to get back on the trail.
