18 December 2014

Boston, 2014

In October my mom and I traveled to Boston


We rented the best little condo in Chelsea 
(check them out if you plan to visit the area- The Guest House at Hooper)


Our hosts, Charlie and Bill, were fantastic. 
Welcoming us home each evening with some wine and snacks on their beautiful covered patio


We visited the USS Constitution- the oldest commissioned warship in the U.S. Navy






And enjoyed the fall foliage (something we don't see in South Louisiana)


We bought a 2 day pass on the Old Town Trolley,
which allowed us to tour the city, hopping on and off whenever the mood struck

At Quincy Market

For a Sam Adam's beer at Cheers


And some yummy clam chowder

And the Old North Church where it was "one if by land, two if by sea"



And Paul Revere's house


And the site of the Boston Massacre


To the serenity of the Boston Public Gardens

I loved the weeping willows


And across the river to Cambridge
 That's John Harvard behind me, keeping a watch over Harvard Yard


After 2 days of touring the city, we rented a car and hit the road,
heading south to Cape Cod

First stop, Hyannis Port

 




We ended the day at the very tip of the cape, in Provincetown

And enjoyed some lobster, which we decided was just a really big crawfish

The next day we headed south again, to Newport, Rhode Island

Where we found a wharf with my family name


And visited the Breakers, the Vanderbilt's summer home 


Yes, that's the gate to a summer home. 

My oh my how the other half lives....

And the next day we headed north


To the Fisherman's Memorial in Gloucester


And on our last day, which was Halloween, we visited Salem- home of the infamous witch trials
The city has quite the Halloween festival







Another Mother/Daughter trip for the books!