Day 4: Salem, Glauster, Rockport, and Shear Madness

We go to ge up today at 7:40, and the bus left on time at 9:10. First we went to Salem andd visited the witch memorial for about five minutes. It was cool reading the names of the victims and recognizing some from The Crucibe, which we're reading in English - the list even spoiled the end off the story for us when we saw that John Proctor, the main character, was hanged. From the emorial, we walked to the Essex-Peabody art museum in Salem. After about twenty minues in the art museum, I decided to take advantage of the great history scattered around the town and chose to walk around outside for awhile instead of viewing art. A 1:15, the bus drove us by Brother's Deli, where i got fries and ceasar, and to the fishermen's memorial in Glauster. Five minutes there and the bus took off to Rockport, a sleepy little torist town. We were dropped off in the downtown and allowed to walk around for a few hours to shop and grab dinner. bought a cool cameo-style Sox cap and a lobster for dinner. We left Rockport at 6 and were driven to Boson to see a play, Shear Madness. It was a really good play which i won't say anything more about because everyone should see it! I would give it a 10 out of 10, which is hella good coming from me, believe me.

Day 3: B.U., Harvard, the Garage, and Burlington

This morning, we didn't have to get on the bus until a little later, at 8:30. However, I fell asleep in the shower, had to skip breakfast, and got to the bus at 8:45. After I got there, the bus took off and we went to Boston University, were we took a guided tour. Other than the fact that thee school is in the middle of a city, it seemed pretty nice. After the B.U. tour, we got back on the bus and drove to the Harvard campus. Our bus driver gave us a tour of Harvard, which seemed great but too rigorous for my tastes. After we left the college, we went to a mall on the campus built in an old parking garage for lunch. It was totally cool. Afterwords, we took the bus to a theater in Burlington. A few kids and I chose not to watch a movie and to instead to hang out at the mall across the street for a while, until 10:30, when we went back to the bus to return to the hotel.

Day 2: Fenway!, The Freedom Trail, Quincy Market, B.C., the U.S.S. Constitution, and the Spirit of Boston cruise

We had to drag ourselves out of bed, down to breakfast, and out to the bus by 7:15 this morning, so we had to get up at 6:30, only having gotten about 5 hours of sleep. We first took a long bus ride to Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. After taking an hour-long tour of Fenway, led by a literally insane tour guide - I'll post the video later - we hopped back on the bus and rode to Paul Revere's house, the oldest house in Boston and the start of the liberty trail. From there, we visited the Olde North Church, an olde cemetary, and Mike's Olde Pastry Shoppe. After the walk, we went to Quincy market again to get lunch. I had Pad Thai. Next, we took the bus to the campus of Boston College and took a tour. I didn't like it because I felt it was too conservative and "artificial". Not to mention it cost more than Harvard! After the tour, we travelled to the U.S.S. Constitution, a large comissioned frigate launched in 1797. Our group didn't really have time to learn about the full historical significance of the vessel because we were only at the boat for five or so minutes. After that, we took the bus to the Spirit of Boston, a huge boat with dinner tables on it. After the boat was full, it left the dock. It had a buffet where we got food for dinner and ate at the tables. After we were done, a DJ started mixing music. The boat had a dance floor, some of us busted some moves, and the boat finally landed back at the dock. We got off, walked back to the bus, and rode back to the hotel. Now it's lights out and Iain is standing creepily staring through the window on the other side of the exit door of the hotel hallway making sure people don't get out. It's kinda scary.

Day 1: Flight, HRC Boston, and Quincy Market

I had to get up at 5:00 because I was supposed to be at the airport, which is 1 hour away, by 6:45. Unfortunately, there wasn't much traffic on the way and I arrived where we were supposed to meet half an hour early. The next few hours passed by quickly because I spent most of the time half-sleeping. We boarded the flight at 11:00 (I don't know why we were there so early). As are most airplane flights, the trip was boring. When we arrived in Boston at 6:00, we boarded a tour bus that had been rented specially for the trip by The Marin School and were driven to the Hard Rock Cafe, which was a very touristy and overdecorated restaurant but served good food. After we finished, we walked to Boston's Quincy Market, which was just two blocks away, and were given 2 hours to walk around and shop. After the two hours were up, the tour bus picked us up and drove us to our hotel, the Hampton, in Woburn.