Girls trip to Boston

In May I took my two girls on a Girl's Trip to one of my favorite places . . . Boston. The two youngest kids went with Dan and I last year on Spring Break, which just whet my appetite to really explore the historically fascinating city. Also, we hit a freak snowstorm in Spring 2016, so I thought that scheduling a trip in mid-May would ensure better touring weather.  Ha ha ha . . . the joke was on me! There was a storm with gale force winds and "sideways" rain for two days of our four day trip. But, the rain absolutely did not deter us. We saw everything we wanted to see and got very adept at navigating the subway system and Lyft (for rides to and from the airport). We stayed at the Revere Hotel, which is a few blocks from the Boston Common.

It was truly delightful to spend a few days with my two daughters, who are my two favorite girls in the world! I'm going to do a separate book of our trip, but here are a few highlight pictures.

Food, food, food. We ate it all and it was amazing. Pizza, pasta, more pizza, every type of dessert. The restaurants in Little Italy were our favorite.

We happily walked about 10 miles a day, through rainstorms and windstorms. We wore two layers of jackets and used umbrellas several of the days.

We took a few guided tours. One was absolutely amazing and the other was sub-par so we ducked out and gave ourselves a tour using our guidebook. We also wandered on our own around the city and saw so many beautiful buildings and interesting sites.

 We visited several universities. Seeing Harvard was a life-long dream of mine. I was pretty excited! As per tradition, we rubbed John Harvard's toe for good luck.

 

 Harvard Yard had beautiful brick buildings but shabby walkways and landscaping. We were surprised!

 We also visited Boston University. We thought the campus was kind of weird but Aubrey is intrigued by some of the graduate programs.

 I just love the architecture in Boston. I will never get enough of looking at the buildings and learning about the history.

The view from our hotel room balcony.

The last day we finally got good weather, and it was the perfect day to ride the Swan Boats.

We had to squeeze through all the toddler groups to pose with the Ducklings in Boston Commons

 We loved Beacon Hill and would move there in a heartbeat (if we could just afford it . . . )

Aubrey priced the houses we passed.  Yep, super expensive.

Goodbye to Boston! We loved it!