New England Day 10: Boston

The next day was our only full day in Boston, so it was jam-packed. We started at an interactive reenactment of the Boston Tea Party which was really fun. Our costumes were very authentic.

"Throw the tea into the sea!"

We then started the Freedom Trail, which is a path winding through the city hitting all of the major historical sites. It is long and we were tired. First site: Boston Common and Massachusetts Statehouse.

Granary Burying Ground, with the graves of Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and John Hancock, among others.

King's Chapel and Old South Meeting House

Old State House and the site of the Boston Massacre

We stopped at Faneuil Hall for lunch and some ice cream. We'd been talking about ice cream for days, and you know how when you decide you really want something then you look around forever to make sure you've found the best one but then you never actually end up getting the thing you've been looking for? That was happening to us, so we finally just took the plunge and bought the ice cream. Not the best I've had but more than sufficient.

Holocaust Memorial

A cool-looking house and Paul Revere's house. We were too late to go into Paul Revere's house and generally you don't enter random people's houses so we didn't get to go into either.

Old North Church and Skinny House

USS Constitution

Bunker Hill

My friend Rachel lives in Boston so I texted her to get a recommendation for dinner. She suggested Giacamo's, which is an Italian place that she claimed was delicious. There was a wait, but goodness it was worth it. The butternut squash on the right was very possibly the most amazing thing I have ever put in my mouth.

For dessert, we hit up Mike's Pastry and tried the famous cannoli. There were so many flavors to choose from, but we went with lemon, peanut butter, and original. I think the lemon may have been my favorite. We didn't eat these until much later in the evening and they made an excellent breakfast the next day!