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Boston

Some of my college girlfriends and I went to Boston for the St. Patrick's Day weekend. Boston taught me that I have absolutely forgotten everything from my American History classes. We did this tourist thing called "The Freedom Trail" where you see all the historic places in Boston. I got to see the Old State House, Paul Revere's House, The Old North Church, Boston Common, etc. I have no clue what the Boston Massacre or the Boston Tea Party were, oops, but saw where they took place.

This is a statue of Paul Revere with the Old North Church in the background, where he hung the infamous lanterns. One if by land two if by sea. Go Paul.

That circle marks the spot of the Boston Massacre. The balcony, on the Old State House, is where the Declaration of Independence was first read out to the people of the United States of America. Chills.

However, I did know what Cheers was and we went an got a beer at the Cheers bar! I also stopped by Fenway and took a few pictures. The weekend was mostly freezing cold and rainy and as California girls we were struggling. Thank goodness CA welcomed us back with amazing weather this past week.

Where everybody knows your name.

green monster???

Back to Boston. On Saturday we met us with some college friends for a St. Patrick's Day dinner of corned beef, cabbage, and mashed potatoes. Then we made our way to a good Irish bar for the required green beer and excessive drinking. We didn't even realize how late we were at the bar until we got to IHOP at 4am. Apparently, bars are open a lot later on the East coast.

Obviously

Anyway, that was the general trip overview. Saw some history, caught up with the ladies, got soaked, and drank a lot. Boston is such an amazing city and I would love to go back in the summer when the rain and cold wouldn't interfere too much.

Probably my favorite spot on the tour. This cemetery has some of the oldest graves in the country. I took like a million pictures of all the amazing gravestones. They were so chilling and beautiful and even though some were from the 1700's they were still in great shape.

Big names like Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock are buried here. Above is the memorial to John Hancock. People leave pennies and stones as a sign of respect.


Next time.....a celebrity encounter