Boston 2.0

Where were we...oh yes, old cemeteries. The next one that I visited was the Granary burial ground.



This particular cemetery had a ton of famous people...and a ton of not so famous people who clearly still had the wealth during that time to purchase expensive headstones.



The large obelisk that you see on the left side of the picture above was the tomb of Benjamin Franklin's parents. And here is the tomb of Paul Revere. So cool, huh?



And then of course the burial ground also contained the remains of John Hancock, who is best known for signing his name the largest on the Declaration of Independence.



And look, right across the street, Parker had his own hotel.



Continuing along to the Boston Harbor, I passed by this treasure trove - the main headquarters of the Boston Fire Department.



I wonder how many strapping firemen work in that building....never mind. About 2 hours and 2 large Starbucks skinny vanilla lattes later, I finally reached the harbor.



It was peaceful and lovely and I sat for a while imagining what it must have looked like filled with revolutionary era ships. Sometimes, I think that I should have been a historian because I'm fascinated by how events unfolded throughout time.

As I wound my way back into town, I had some not revolutionary sites to see, but every bit as historic. Below is Copley Square, the finishing line for the Boston Marathon.



In just a short few weeks, a bunch of really fast and dedicated runners are going to end the journey of a lifetime right there at that location. For a runner like me (i.e. a REALLY slow runner), that's like the Olympics of marathoning. Very cool.

Then I walked historic Newbury Street, Boston's shopping version of the Champs Elysee.



The architecture was gorgeous, the shops were amazing and talk about a fun place to people watch! I had a cappuccino at Stephanie's on Newbury and saw such an interesting mix of people walking the street. Suffice it to say that I was really well caffeinated after all of my walking and coffee-ing.

Well folks, that's it. My walking tour of part of Boston. If the weather had held, I would have loved to have made a trip out to Wrigley field, but I am quite certain that I'll be back to such a great city and perhaps, I'll even catch a game there.