Mapparium (details later)

This is a view of Boston harbor from the top of the Bunker Hill Memorial. It was a beautiful sunset. I think Julie got some pictures of it.

Julie was here!!! This is her at Revere Beach just north of Boston. we had a great time there and collected many shells. We spent tons of time walking around Boston during the last nice days of Boston fall. It turned remarkably cold right after her departure so be thankful Julie. On the right is the Bunker Hill Memorial. You can climb to the top (that's right the tiny dark whole you see at the top is a window). It is 294 steps to the top and kind of like climbing a very skinny lighthouse. I forgot my camera for our biggest day out (Saturday) so you will have to request more pictures from her. It was fabulous to see her and we had fun running around and learning new things about Boston. After seeing so many things we thoroughly recommend the mapparium at the Christian Science Center pictured at the top of the page. It is a 3 story stain glass globe with a glass bridge in the middle. Pretty incredible. We also recommend a stop in order to look through the Boston Public Library in at Copley Square. The building is amazing, very much like the library of congress in D.C. We don't recommend the free tour unless you like poor public speakers but one interesting fact about the building is that if you rub the lion's butt on your way up the stairs and he wakes up you will gain great knowledge and wisdom. Both the lions are made of unpolished marble but their butts are very polished from all the rubbing. ;) At the navy yard you can board and tour the USS Constitution, the oldest floating ship, and the USS Casian (sp), a world war two navy ship. They were both interesting. Any time you set foot in Boston you should definitely go to the North End and eat too much Italian Food and probably hunt up Highland Pizza because they have discovered the perfect crust, although the communication is a little hard because they speak Italian perfectly. BTW, Canadian bacon is ham here (not the same but you will get a blank look if you try to order Canadian bacon). That's all for now. I have a ton of stuff to put on here because it has been so long since the last post. Much love,

BGS