Just like in any big city, parking in Boston is outrageous so after a failed attempt to find something reasonable, we drove north a little to the Alewife T station and parked our car. We purchased day passes for the T (Boston’s metro) so we could ride unlimited throughout town.
Freedom Trail
Boston is incredibly rich with American history. Skylar and I both admitted that we would have been much more interested in our high school history classes if we lived on this side of the states and could visit and see all the different locations that events occurred. The freedom trail is a 2.5 mile path that takes tourists through downtown Boston with many different stops significant to American History, particularly the American Revolution. Some of the things we saw along the Freedom Trail included
- Boston Common
- MA State House
- Park Street Church
- Granary Burying Ground (Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock are buried here)
- King’s Chapel
- Old South Meeting House
- Old State House
- Site of the Boston Massacre
- Faneuil Hall
- Paul Revere House
- Bunker Hill Monument
- USS Constitution
After we had crossed the Charlestown bridge into Charlestown on the freedom trail we realized we needed to head to the Red Sox game to make it before game start. To our surprise, there were no close T stations in Charlestown so we had to run across the bridge to get on the train. Everyone else had the same idea and we traveled in a packed train to Fenway.
Fenway Park
Fenway in Fifteen
Fenway is an awesome ballpark. It is the oldest MLB ballpark still in use (2 years older than Wrigley) and one of the smallest. To learn some more about its history, Skylar and I went on a short “Fenway in Fifteen” tour. The guide told us about the big wall called the Monster they built in left outfield, and why only one of the seats in the oufield is red amongst a sea of green. We also got to see their club room which holds a collection of baseballs — a signed ball (signed by the entire team) for each World Series champion team since 1920!!!
Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
This has been our most expensive baseball game yet. Because Fenway is such a small stadium, their tickets go for A LOT more. But it sure was worth it. Despite a small hiccup with our seats (another guest wanted us to shift down the row out of our assigned seats but we refused since that put us next to a loud man that reeked of marijuana and spit all over the place when he cheered) and the fact that the Red Sox lost (our track record still doesn’t look too good) we loved being at Fenway and experiencing a Red Sox game. I love Red Sox fans because they are there to watch the game and cheer on their team. One of the highlights of course is standing with the ENTIRE stadium and singing Sweet Caroline during 8th inning. It was magical. I love baseball.
