April 19th, 2007
Touring Fenway in Boston

We spent the 18th traveling from New York to Boston with a short stop in New Haven, Connecticut to see what the requirements for getting into Yale. Sadly it appears that Boone wouldn't qualify, his grades just don't measure up. We arrived in Boston later and spent the day still recovering from our New York trek.

The 19th we began in Boston by walking through Beacon Hill, then along Beacon St with a short stop at the Cheers bar (nobody knew our name), finally arriving at Fenway. We stopped in at their souvenir store, grabbed some Red Sox shirts and stopped by the Fenway Tours desk to see about getting in and checking out the famed Green Monster.

We were had arranged a special tour of Fenway and we were escorted by Morty and Tim into the ballpark. We quickly made our way down along the 3rd base line and got comfortable in a couple of seats, imagining what it would be like to watch Big Papi hit a homerun in person. Sadly because of the rainy conditions, we were unable to get down on the field next to the Green Monster.

Instead we did the next best thing, we went up to the stands above the Monster and took in the sites and sounds. The view from there was spectacular and even had a hot dog vendor nearby, making it very easy to grab a bite to eat and not miss a pitch in the game.

We were given a little history by our tourguide Morty, who noted the name of the nearby foul pole was Yastrzemski Pole. He was generous enough to add a few other nuggets of history while we took some fabulous photos of ourselves checking out Fenway Park.

Sadly we couldn't stay there forever and we made our way out of the stadium with Morty who needed to get back for doing group tours. We want thank everyone at Fenway Park for the opportunity to see the ballpark, we greatly appreciate it.

Following our tour, we decided instead of walking back, we'd take the subway back into the city instead of walking 3 miles. Boston it turns out is quite pet-friendly, as we were allowed to travel in the subway without being inside travel bags. While this is more common in Europe, this is the first city we know of that allows that.

We took the Government Center stop on our way back and got out to check out Faneuil Hall and the Quincy Market. While we noticed that a dog did go inside, we decided instead to walk around the outside and take in the sites. We stopped by to check out Durgin Park, as we were told that's quite a popular place in Boston.

Following that, we headed along the Freedom Trail to Paul Revere's house and Old North Church. We arrived at each, noting how old they looked and thanking Paul for helping us defeat the British to help liberate the people of the soon to be United States.

We made our way back towards the hotel, stopping at a Gelateria while in the Italian North End. We've missed having Gelato since we left Italy, so this was definitely a big plus for stopping in that neighborhood of Boston. We arrived at the hotel and have settled in for the night, anxious for our next travels.

Kenzie and Boone
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