1st Day Boston

We have arrived and spent the whole day in sunny beautiful Boston. We left Chicago cold and snowy, and arrived in Boston where the sun was shinning and the crowds were plentiful. We are staying at Club Quaters hotel in the downtown historic district right along the freedom trail. We checked in and found the hotel to be very nice and comfortable. The staff is quite friendly and helpful also. We walked over to the Green Dragon for lunch-

Clam Chowder, Fish and Chip, pints of beer, yum yum!! It was as good as we remembered.

We walked over to the open farmers market, where they sell fresh fish, vegetables, baked goods, etc., right on the street. It was unbelieveably crowded, and the prices were shockingly low!

After strolling through the open farmers market, we walked over to Feneuil Hall. We picked up a hat and gloves (I forgot mine at home), and they we walked over to the Book Store. After lspent browsing the selections, we returned to the hotel.

Naps were a welcome break after having gotten up at 5 a.m. to catch the flight from O'Hare to Boston. We requested guest services at Club Quarters to make reservations for us at Union Oyster House for dinner. We walked over to the restaurant at 8:15 and we were extremely surprised to see so many people on the streets and at many of the restaurants throughout the historic district. We were glad for the reservations when we arrived at the Union Oyster House, the wait for those without reservations was 90+ minutes. Even we waited 20 minutes, and we had reservations. We ate dinner (Swordfish, clam chowder, lobster raviolis, raw oysters, scrod, it was all great!) -

and have now returned to the hotel. We are now relaxing and have decided to sleep to as late as we want tomorrow. What a treat! We never do that, especially on a trip. Tomorrow, more history and beauty of Boston!