Downtown Boston - in red is The Freedom TrailBoston is awesome! Jen booked us into a pretty swank hotel before we left Gatineau on Tuesday night, The Intercontinental - four stars! We're right downtown, basically on the water at the harbour front, and have had an awesome day one here. The drive down from Ottawa was very scenic, and there were more than a few interesting/amusing moments. We had lunch outside a Capers-esque natural grocer (: hummus, crackers, pesto tortellini salad, turkey sams, wheat-free cheesies, plums and nectarines - a feast!), drove through and spent too much time in the cute college town of Burlington, Vermont, and were continually surprised and entertained by the fact that the license plate motto of New Hampshire is "Live free or die" - aggressive. Anyways, our day one here consisted of a morning jog/run around the harbour followed by coffee and a breakfast sandwich in Boston Common, and the full Freedom Trail trek around the city - which was amazing!! We saw the resting places of a handful of importation statesmen (John Hancock, Sam Adams, Paul Revere), America's first public school (Boston Latin School), the Commonwealth's first state house, where the Declaration of Independence was first read to the people of Boston in 1776, Paul Revere's house, the site of the Boston Molasses disaster (aka the Molassacre) and more... There is so much history here, and the buildings (old and new) and public spaces are beautiful. We climbed all 294 stairs of the Bunker Hill Monument, and took in the impressive view with some pretty aggressive sweatiness going on. Our legs were cramping up on the way back down, but we made it better by hitting up a lemonade stand (run by some entrepreneurial kids) on our way back into central Boston. It's put-the-feet-up time here now - we're back out again for dinner and more neighborhood cruising in a bit. Some out-of-order pics....
The Old State House Museum - where the Declaration of Independence was first read to the people of Boston... kind of a big deal!
A plaque to commemorate America's first public school 
I went to uni with that guy!
In Boston Common
Dinner at a famous crab shack on the night of our arrival...
Driving into the city - woot!
Our picnic-feast on en route to Boston
In Ottawa on Tuesday afternoon - with my hubby, yay!
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