civil war monument in Boston Common
George Washington in Boston Public Garden
Greek Independence Day Parade
More Greeks
and More Greeks
Fenway "Pahk" from the top of the Prudential Center
Fenway is the oldest stadium in Major League Baseball
Go Red Sox!
Tricia and Nikki chillin' on the Duck Boat
Aren't we cute!
Look, Nikki is driving the Duck Boat
Nikki gets ejected from the driver seat
She lost her license after hitting the taxi cab
Look at the problems she caused
Don't worry, it was just a small scratch...
Boston Police show up on the scene..
Nikki caused quite a rukkus on her first day!
As we drove away, the Duck Boat took out a couple of barricades.
Good ole' Commonwealth Curley, lost it's first paint of the season.
Duck Tour Photograph
We didn't want to go over this bridge, Tricia just got lost.
we're still lost
Are we in Massachusetts or Rhode Island?
Oh, there is Rhode Island!
Entering the Breakers Mansion
The Breakers Mansion getting a face lift before summer
The Breakers Mansion was owned by the Vanderbilt's as a weekend home.
meet Cornelius Vanderbilt
This is Tricia's pocket incase you ever wondered what it looked like.
No pictures allowed in the Mansion but we tried anyway...
the tile ceiling, its actually very pretty
this was a music room in the mansion
this was a bedroom of one of the Vanderbilt daughters
yeah, this is a really ornate chandelier
this is a little better shot of the chandelier
yeah, we don't know what this was, probably tricia's pocket again
oops, Tricia's head got in the way
This is a bedroom or bathroom or something
It's hard to get a good picture when you can't actually look through the finder
The south side of the mansion
still the south side
Tricia and Nikki in the Court Yard of the Breakers
The Music Room -scanned postcard
The Great Hall - scanned postcard
The Billiards Room - scanned postcard
The Morning Room -scanned postcard
Chateau Sur Mer
The Elms
The entry to the Elms
Another Mansion
a garden that would be really pretty in the summer
This is where Tricia and Ryan live, Nikki stayed in the servants quarters
We ate some lunch in historic Newport, RI
Yummmm
Isn't this town quaint
Nikki traveled 3000 miles for this??
Nikki was in awe of the great rock!
Learn about the rock
The Atlantic Ocean is really cold!
The Mayflower II
Our heads are blocking the Mayflower
Inside the Mayflower, this was the cushy room.
Nikki is snooping
Nap time
On deck
hungry?
sleeping with the rats
Native American at Plimouth Plantation
Lunch was cooking: rabbit stew and flounder
the house
inside the house was covered with furs
This guy was funny
she was making a new door for the house out of Elk hyde
trail to the pilgrim village
The pilgrims were building a house
pet chickens we named them: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
here's the pet cow, macho cow
Tricia trespassing in someone's cottage
He was a soldier brought over to train men to protect the village
Sarah is making a "pudding" out of corn meal and swine intestines.
Nikki did some chores around the house
Ellis Bradford was the Governors wife
traveling the streets with the pilgrims
more pilgrims
inside a house
Her cooking smelled so good
Margaret Bradshaw was gardening
More bull
unfortunately we'll have to eat billy and gruff in a few weeks.
the village from the meeting house tower
the tower of the meeting house was used for protection
Edward Winslow was one of the wealthy settlers
Tricia and Eddie talk gardening
gardens full of "pompions."
Edward's brother John Winslow joins us
PBridgett Fulller and Ellis Bradford
Oh Baby, Fenway Pahk!!!!!!!!!!
The Green Monster
The croud shouts "YANKEES SUCK!"
There is Ryan way over there.....
The score is 2-1, Red Sox are winning....
Fenway is a great ball pahk!!!
little Jake became a Yankees fan half way through the game, his mom had to take him home early to avoid backlash
Go SOX!!!
Here we are! Look at Nikki in her Red Sox hat.
The final score is 3-2! RED SOX BEAT THE YANKEES!!!!
On the warf in Newport, RI
The House of Seven Gables
Ryan in the garden at the Gables
pretty gardens
the door - notice all of the nails
The birth place of Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of the House of Seven Gables
waiting to get inside
the counting house
the back door
inside the counting house
pretty flowers in the garden
more flowers
sweet peas
resting on the porch Nikki, Tricia and Ryan
here we are again
The Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, MA
ugh!!!
Nikki is playing in the Atlantic Ocean
That is some cold water
She couldn't resist the chance to put her feet in
She's so cute - is that a Red Sox hat??
Tricia chickened out and wouldn't go in the water. - "Tricia's a wussy"
Nikki's description of the Atlantic Ocean - "COLD"
We have to make Ryan wait in the car -you just can't take him anywhere.
Dinner at Red Bones -YUM!!
Go SOX!
Ryan is getting hungry
where's my food!
MMMMM! Pecan Pie for desert!
The dome at the Museum of Fine Art Boston
The rotunda again
Monet's Water Lillies
another Monet
wandering through the art
georgia O'keefe
stained glass butterflies
a landscape painting
landscape painting
George Washington
Fanuiel Hall - a meeting place of the revolutionaries
Quincy Market
Tourists in Boston only want pictures of Cheers
back streets of Boston's North End
Wandering through Boston along the Freedom Trail
The entire city of Boston is under construction - The Big Dig
along the streets of boston
Paul Revere
The old North Church
One if my Land, Two if by Sea - the windows where lanterns were hung by Paul Revere
Paul Revere's house
