Trip to Boston, MA , Friday, June 2, 2006 cont. (middle)

Trip to Boston, MA

Friday, June 2, 2006 cont. (middle)

After breakfast we tried to find Paul Revere’s house. While we were doing that, we past this little sculpture garden in front of a church. I was able to identify the St. Francis of Assisi statue. J Outside the house is where we ran into our first group of school children. We ran into quite a few other groups over the course of the day.

Paul Revere’s House

Plaque in North Square

Next stop on the red line (in our book and on our trolley map from the concierge the Freedom Trail was marked with a red line) was the Old North Church. To get there we walked through Paul Revere Mall. Before some of you get all excited, it’s mall as in “a usually public area often set with shade trees and designed as a promenade or as a pedestrian walk” (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary). Although, there was a shirt vendor there. Anyway, next site was the Old North Church gift shop. This is where it is believed the Paul Revere purchased his lanterns. (Well, believed by me and Lisa any way.)

Paul Revere Statue

Old North Church

We took a quick peek into the church before it closed for a private function (a graduation, I think). We made a rest stop at the Old North Church visitor center. There we picked up a really good map of Boston. This turned into our favored map. Lisa’s previous map was too small. She thought my map (the trolley map) was too big. The visitor center map was just right. [If you are to ever visit Boston, I recommend finding a visitor center and get one of their maps. They truly are the best.] We continued uphill to Copps Hill Burial Ground.

Copps Hill Burial Ground

Copps Hill Burial Ground

Copps Hill Burial Ground

As we were crossing the street after the Burial Ground, I noticed a red line in the middle of the crosswalk. I joked with Lisa that it was the Freedom Trail. Turns out, I was right. There is a red line through town. On concrete it’s actually a painted red line, in the brick sidewalks it’s a red brick line with some other stone on the outside. It even went across the bridge. Who ever thought of that is a genius. It was really easy to follow, and made it easier to find your way around.