One if by land...two if by sea...

Wow, this place is so full of history! On Saturday we walked through Cambridge, around Harvard, through commons (they don't call them parks up here) and through Harvard Square. Jason met up with us and he got to take us in the Harvard Law Library. It is the largest law library in the world. We had to be checked in with him to even enter it and it was SOOOO huge. I was very impressed, the buildings are beautiful and the law school had underground tunnels (pretty much hallways) so you don't have to go out in the weather in the winter to walk between buildings for classes. How genius...hmm...Harvard...how appropriate. There was a bronze statue of John Harvard in a quad area of the school and apparently it's a superstition of the school that if you rub the toe of his shoe, you'll have good luck for the year. His toe is totally shiny from all the students and mostly tourists rubbing it. Yes, I rubbed his toe and I even got a picture doing so...I'm telling you...I am straight up tourist and it's great! I was actually shocked by the amount of tourists there...I can't quite imagine having professional tours of your school for people besides perspective students. No one cares to see the University of Tennessee except for Saturdays in the Fall!!

After the tour of Cambridge we went up to the Prudential Center which is the tallest building in Boston. The very top of the building is a restaurant with all windows all the way around...it was soooo pretty. You could see all the way out to the ocean....there is much more water in Boston than I would imagine...it's deceiving. We had a drink up there and then headed up to the North End for some delicious Italian food for dinner. The North End is a cool little Italian district with tons and tons of Italian restaurants...if Italy is anything like that place I'll have a lot of running to do to balance out the deliciousness!!!

Today we did the Freedom Trail through downtown Boston. I'm not sure if everyone is familiar with it, I wasn't, but it is a red line/bricks that makes a trail all through downtown Boston that takes you by tons and tons of historic landmarks. It was the first of everything...churches, public schools, town halls. etc...they're so revolutionary. Ha...I couldn't help it. But really, I took so many pictures so hopefully one day when I have a classroom and I get to teach all about these important events I can have pictures to show with everything. The Boston Massacre, Paul Revere's house, the church and steeple where the lanterns were lit to warn of the British coming (which actually was not lit by Paul Revere...he got way to much credit!!) Clarissa was our tour guide with the Freedom Trail booklet. I loved it! We got distracted by a few street performers and some delicious pastries we picked up on the way home, so it was a great day! And I've ridden more subways then I ever have in my life...but how convenient...I wish Nashville would consider something like that...somehow I highly doubt that is in the city plans and especially the budget!

Anyway, it has been a great time and Clarissa is now at work tonight for just a bit and Jason is cooking dinner...I'll mention that again for Taylor...JASON is cooking dinner :) hehe. So we're just having a relaxing night at home and planning what to do tomorrow. Jason has class, but Clarissa and I were thinking about the Boston Harbor?? I've seen the Charles River a few times, but I haven't been to the Harbor yet...so that's an option! Anyway, I'll update later!

Take care...