Here is our guide sharing wonderful tidbits of info. with us. The people who do the tours are actually volunteers. She was a librarian. They have to go through a class and "graduate" in order to do the tours. She said they do their graduation ceremony in The Old North Church!
Walking along an area that has become a park but used to be a freeway going through the city named after the Kennedy's. It didn't work in the city as they had thought because there were too many cars for the strength of the road area. They tore it up and have made parks out of parts of it.
Looking back on Boston as we were heading into South Boston and towards Charlestown on our walk.
The street of Paul Revere's house.
Paul Revere's house!
Paul Revere statue with the Old North Church behind it.
closer
Fountain between the statue and the church.
Old North Church - would have loved to have gone into it but they were holding services when we walked by.... and, again, when you are on the tour you don't have the time to go inside everything.
Plaque on the church.
Going up a hill and looking back on the church.
One of the cemeteries near Bunker Hill. This is not a grave of someone famous, rather it is proof that the British soldiers used it as target practice!
Crossing the Charles River into Charlestown. Beautiful boats around the harbor. You can see Bunker Hill monument in the distance.
This is not a great picture but the best I could do.... these little white dots in the water are all Moon Jellies!! It was the neatest thing to see. Wesley spotted them first and we just watched them for as long as we could. :)
A beautiful fountain in a square in Charlestown.
A neat fire station......
Bunker Hill
They were working on the monument. Out front of it is the statue of the Patriot who led the charge against the British. (can't remember his name at the moment....)
Everywhere we went on the tour the poor lady who was the "caboose" of the group, to make sure everyone was staying together, had to wait for me. lol I was always snapping pictures and kept trying to get "one more shot." I know she thought they'd leave me for sure. Steve even had to help prod me along on occasion. ha!!
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Yep I can see it now "where's Kellie? Oh ! shes still in Boston taking pictures.Screech!!!!!!!!Steve's turning around to go get Kellie!! Love!!
Those moon jellies are so cool. Unless we were trying to swim in that water, then I would be skeered!
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