Boston Week! Day 7

Tour Time!

We got up early today and got on a shuttle downtown to get on a tour that took us through Harvard, MIT, Lexington, and Concord. I have been looking forward to this part of the week for a while and it was a lot of fun. We didn't get to stop at every little thing but we saw a lot and I definitely learned a lot. 

Harvard

Our first stop was at the main entrance of Harvard where we had time to looking around. I was able to walk around an amazing court yard surrounded by old buildings. I decided to take a walk over to the science building but as soon as I got to it there were police telling people to leave the area. I didn't get to see as much as I intended but the drive through Cambridge was very cool. Especially the little ally where everyone goes to graffiti.

Battle Road

Next stop on the tour was the city of Lexington. Driving through the town was pretty quick because it is a very small town. It was that typical main street with all the shops on it. We headed straight for the battle green where British soldiers came face to face with the minute men and a random shot was fired at the British which many believe is reason why our country was born. 

From Lexington we followed the battle road to Concord. The battle road was a trail the British used to march to Concord and they were attacked seven times by the minute men. The trail had many spots in which the British and the minute men fought and the different points the rebels used to give them the upper hand. We ended the Concord tour at the site of the shot heard around the world in which minute men killed two British soldiers and mortally wounded another. This was the birth of a country.

Downtown

After the tour we headed back into Quincy market place in downtown Boston to look around and get some food. I saw a lot of interesting street performers and I got some new shirts. We had dinner at the replica of the Cheers restaurant and to be honest the food was very average. It was still a very fun afternoon in downtown Boston. 

Fenway

After dinner we headed to Fenway for another Red Soxs game. I was able to get the Soxs shirt I wanted and then we headed up to our seats to wait for the game to start. The game was very fun but they ended up losing by three to Baltimore. Fenway is a truly great place to be and I had a great time. The only down side to going to the game was waiting to get on the T and having such a hard time squeezing in.