Beantown Baby!

Our day started early as we packed the trunk and hit the road at 6:50 am heading across the U.S. border towards Beantown... or Boston for those not in the "know" ;-) By the way... do you know why Boston is called "Beantown"? I didn't but I of course had to "google" it. You can find the answer HERE.

As we drove along the I-90 we saw lots of God's beauty from the windows of the car...

Mr. Sun peeking through the clouds east of Buffalo, NY

Don't you love seeing those sunrays poke through the clouds? Last weekend we were discussing that on our way home from the 1000 Islands. The rays look like God's fingers reaching down to earth we concluded.

Berkshire Mountain Region in Massachusetts

It's a very pretty drive through upstate NY and western MA. This year in particular everything is so green from all the rain we've had up here in the North.

There was also some of God's beauty inside the car too...

Hubby's a good sport, letting me take pics while he drives ~ he even smiled for me!

A 9 or so hour drive can get a bit boring so I thought I'd make good use of our time...

Don't you love my cheesy smile?

Around 4:30 we arrived at our hotel and checked into our room...

Our room at the Hampton Inn

and then head for downtown Boston.

Driving into Boston on I-93

We parked in the underground lot at Boston Common...

Boston Common Park

where they were preparing for Shakespeare in the Park...

A Comedy of Errors was tonight's Shakespeare in the Park

but we didn't stick around to watch. Instead, we walked over to Beacon Hill...

Beacon Hill is one of the oldest and most prestigious neighborhoods in Boston

to have our picture taken outside Cheers...

Standing at the place where everybody knows your name

before walking over to the Charles River.

At the dock along the Charles River

The sun was beginning to start it's descent as we walked to the river's edge. We walked past this statue ...

Arthur Fiedler, former famous conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra

which brought back memories of my Mom and her Boston Pops records playing as part of the soundtrack of my youth. The Boston Pops and many other great symphony orchestras play here...

Hatch Shell

particuarly on the 4th of July.

Along the Charles River, tourists and locals can enjoy a gondola ride...

Strangers, off on a romantic sunset gondola ride

or a beautiful sunset sail...

The sun beginning to set on the Charles River

As much as we would have loved to stay for the play in the park, we decided to head back towards the hotel. We had a quick dinner at Chili's and took an expensive jaunt around Barnes and Noble. I am officially a bookaholic! After a quick workout, hubby is busy working while I blog about our day.

Tomorrow (which is now today by the time I finished this post) we're hoping to get on a harbor cruise so I'll let you know about that if we get on!

Good Night from Beantown!