Accomplice time zone today we wake up very early, at 5.00, but resist end at 7.00 before heading out to enjoy Boston .
We chose to begin our visit here along the Freedom Trail, a walking path entirely marked by a red line that winds through the most famous streets of the city and meets all major attractions, places symbol of the American Revolution. As
visit the city of Boston is the most soft to know America, so the Freedom Trail is the best way to discover this city and its history.
The day seems gray, but when we go away it invests its a tremendous and soon released a nice hot sun.
We dive in the city. Around us there are people who do jogging, going to work with iPod and headphones in hand and the inevitable big glass.
The first impression is very positive, the city and on, but nice and clean.
lunch stop and a dedicated Starbucks, the coffee company of legendary U.S.. Given the hot
dare we take a Coffee Frappuccino with apple muffins. Unusual
both, the milk shake coffee ice cream a little too much for our habits and muffins tasty but heavy.
portions, then, are extra. With such a breakfast arrive until mid-day!
Before going to Boston Common where we began the journey through the Chinatown district of to admire the Chinatown Gate, an arch decorated donated by Taipei.
The district does not have anything in particular. Note, phone booths from funny shaped pagoda.
From Chinatown to arrive in short Boston Common, the oldest public park in the city. Here we make our first meeting with squirrels .... There are many, here and there that trotting meter magiucchiano acorns. The park is very nice. There are benches, ponds, manicured lawns where many people go to rest and sunbathe.
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We go up a staircase at the edge of the park which leads directly to the Massachusetts State House , the capitol of this state.
not we stop for the free guided tour, but, following the red line go to the Park Street Church , whose bell White is a landmark for the city.
Beside the church is the Granary Burying Ground , a cemetery dating back to 1600 where among the many tombs are also of Paul Revere and Jon Hancock, heroes Bostonians. The site is unique in the stones bear etchings and stone decorations of skulls and angels.
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| Granary Burying Ground |
Our next stop is the King's Chapel , a church not puritanical used by the British occupied Boston. The building is square and the entrance is marked by a colonnade. Inside, the aisles are banks closed white.
Even next to this church is a small, ancient cemetery very similar to the above: the King's Chapel Burying Ground.
D Jethro the church and the cemetery is Public School , the first American public school.
continue to follow the red line that leads us to 'Old Corner Bookstore Building , a building brick red of 1700 that once housed a library, all ' Old South Meeting House down to an Old State House and Boston Massacre Site .
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| Old State House |
We face the oldest public building in Boston. All around is surrounded by skyscrapers, but its beauty does not go unnoticed. E 'from here that was read for the first time the Declaration of Independence.
visitamo the inside but I do not continue to Fenuil Hall, the old market hall which now houses shops sought-after products that remind the city and its history. Upstairs you can visit the room where the Puritans talked about unjust laws imposed by the British. A ranger at regular intervals of time, it emphatically illustrates the history and patriotism, which is typical of Americans.
Leaving Fenuil Hall we enter the building behind her home to the famous Quincy Market, where you can find food stalls offering all sorts of delicacies.
decide to dine there, choosing among the many proposals and making up the package on a bench outside.
Quincy Market is one of the hubs of the city, around the food market are BACARELLA selling souvenirs and T-shirts, stores also of some importance as Abercrombie, Crocs, Victoria Secret's and restaurants and bar with terrace outdoors.
After lunch we continue the Freedom Trail going to visit the Paul Revere House , the most Boston's old house inhabited by Paul Revere. And 'nice and small wooden building that you can visit to pay and which there are rooms decorated as if it was inhabited by this character.
The visit is short, the cost may be a little excessive, but the house is a small gem that unfortunately can not be photographed from the inside.
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| Paul Revere House |
The itinerary leads us now to Old North Church, the oldest church in Boston was reported from whose tall bell tower with two lanterns ta the advances of the British. This site also holds considerable significance for Americans.
Not far from there is on a slight hill on Copp's Hill Burying Ground , another old cemetery, the largest, where they were buried merchants North End
From here a long walk across the Charles River to reach Charlestown where is the USS Costitution , the oldest U.S. Navy ship still in service. The
visit after passing through security. It 's very beautiful, polished, and deserves a visit.
Next door is the ' USS Constitution Museum which tells the story of the ship and the U.S. Navy with games, panels and scenery very suitable for children.
Leaving
we head towards the last leg of the Freedom Trail : the Bunker Hill Monument, a tall obelisk built in memory of the battle and the culmination of which is the same name has the view of the city. Unfortunately we discover that you can not go to the top because they are in the course of work and its walls are hung with large scales that are losing value to your photos.
To accommodate the ranger who explained to us, always with great patriotism, we decided to see the monument Bunker Hill Museum, a short distance, where it shows the battle and its events, always with a very didactic style .
Our Freedom Trail ends here. Finally, we should say, because although we are very interesting and useful to know Boston, it was exhausting for our feet!
return to the USS Costitution later in the dock and take the Ferry Boston that at a cost of $ 1.70 each brings us back to the Central Wharf .
Back to the hotel for a quick shower and then go back to Quincy Market to find a place to dine. We choose Cheers , the pub restaurant inspired by the famous TV series. This is a replica of the original located in Beacon Street.
Dinner is excellent, the portions generous, informal but attentive service and affordable price. We recommend it!
That concludes our first day in Boston ..... there already are in love!
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