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Since we were already in Massachusetts, we figured we go and check out Boston; after all, when’s the next time we’ll be able to get over there? So, with my parents, we set out to see some of the city which is home to tons of American history!

First stop (or, rather, attraction), is a Duck Tour. The concept is simple: get on an amphibious vehicle created by the military to go over land and sea and be driven (and boated) around Boston on a whirlwind tour of famous locations, including Samuel Adams’ grave site, the place where Cheers was purported to be (it was really filmed in LA; just like everything else), and the site of the Boston Massacre (the stadium in which the Celtics play; they’d just won the NBA Championships like a week before we went to Boston). Note: We also saw the REAL site of the Boston Massacre, just so you know. Anyway, our guide was fun and had a bunch of interesting information, but apparently wasn’t as funny as the guy my folks had ridden with before. Oh well!

keep reading “Boston”

The morning after the wedding, we decided to catch a little bit of history. We pointed our car towards Old Sturbridge Village to check out some colonial houses with docents in costume. The place was literally a little village; there were quite a few buildings.

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