We'll start with the first half of our time in Boston. Like I mentioned, the weather was quite cold. Maybe not to a Bostonian but for us ill prepared desert rats (Mel especially) the 40 degree + wind chill and drizzle was a shocker for April. We got in Friday night and ate pizza in Harvard Square with our good friend and root beer entrepreneur Stephen.
Saturday started with the first half of a two part Harvard campus tour. We headed across the Charles River to the athletic area and checked out the basketball pavilion and the football field.
We crossed back over and walked along the river by many of the upper class houses including Eliot House where Ryan lived for 3 years. We ran into a few people who were surprised to see Ryan...and his wife(?)...and were invited to enjoy lunch in the Eliot dining hall. (Mel's theory is as long as we're still paying Harvard we should still have dining privileges.) :)After lunch we headed into the city for the famous Boston Duck Tour. We had a bit of time between when we arrived in the city and when our tour started and decided to enjoy the massage chairs at Sharper Image. Something we would do again later in the week after walking ALL OVER Boston. A "Duck" is a renovated World War II amphibious landing vehicle that gives you a great tour of the city by land and water. While the sun had come out for a bit it didn't seem to have any effect on the temperature.
(Ryan's duck face on the Duck Tour)
The tour ended right at dinner time so we headed up to the North End for a great Italian meal which ended with dessert at the famous Mike's Pastry. (Which we would also visit again during the week.)
The madness behind us at Mike's.
The remnants of our desserts and cappucino.
More to come...
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