Scott and I were both blessed with having a long weekend for the 4th of July, so we chose to drive down to Boston to experience their fireworks show and also do the tourist thing and walk around. The drive down took us about 3 hours, we got there late afternoon on Saturday, checked in to our hotel and immediately took the train to downtown. We had no agenda, no itinerary, we just started walking. Most of our time was spent walking the Freedom Trail which takes you around the city of Boston to key places during the Revolutionary War. A couple of the notable sites were the Paul Revere house and Bunker Hill Monument. It was amazing for both of us to see signs dating buildings all the way back to the early 1700's. One popular spot with some TV history was the outside of the "Cheers" bar; we didn't go inside of it, it was definitely PACKED.
The fireworks show didn't start until 10:30p, but when it did, it was AMAZING. It was by far the best show either Scott or I had ever seen. They set them off from a barge in the middle of the river, we watched from a bridge that had too many people to count. The walk to the train after the show also had too many people to count, it was literally a sea of people leaving, almost all the streets were clogged with people.
Sunday we set out early for Fenway Park to buy some tickets to the game that afternoon, Red Sox vs. Seattle!! The tickets we bought were for standing room only, so we spent most of the game walking around the park, watching from different vantage points and taking a lot of pictures. Fenway is a pretty impressive stadium.
All in all, the weekend was great, just the type of getaway we both needed. It was just nice to not have any expectations, no list of places that we HAD to go to. Boston is a great city, lots of history, lots to do. We may even try to go back down there for 4th of July next year, who knows. :)
