boston

The flight from San Francisco to Boston was an enjoyable one indeed, one that we all wished lasted alittle longer, 15hrs perhaps instead of the lousy 5hrs.
Why you ask?
We were upgraded to first class! =) big leather seats, real cutlery and a yummy cheese platter.

Anyways, we landed at Boston airport under a blanket of snow, it was gorgeous, snowflakes everywhere we looked.
The news reported that a blizzard had hit the eastcoast however it mostly affected NYC, so we were expecting Boston to be cold and snowy but boy.....did we get the shock of our lives.
COLD....was an understatment.
The snow was up to our shins but it was fresh beautiful powder, which we had alot of fun frolicking in.

Later that day we walked around Boston common (the major city park) and saw kids tobogganing and snowboarding down the hill. Even saw a lady drag her kid along the path in a fire engine red sled - very cute!

DAY 2 :
We attempted to walk the freedom trail (a tourist trail which lead you to all the important historical buildings in boston) we made it past the first building, only because it was on the way to the subway station >.< we couldnt hack it, our faces were numb!

So after deciding that it was too cold to do this walking tour we made our way to cambridge, the home of Havard university.
As soon as you step out of the subway and into the streets you feel as if you have been trasported to another place (a wiser place), almost like stepping into a story book.
Mixed in with modern shops and cafes were red brick conlonial buildings, swirly black iron gates and snow everywhere.


DAY 3:
'battttttttttter up!' anyone guess where thats from?
baseball!
our last stop is the home of the red sox and at 98yrs old the oldest baseball park in the United States. While we visited, the park had an ice rink in the middle for the NHL winter classic and for public skating for Boston residents.

A highlight (and coldest part) of the tour took us to visit fenway park's Green Monster - the best and most dangerous seats in the house. Why is it dangerous you may ask? During batting practice - it is estimated that a ball gets hit all the way to the green monster every 15mins? Many have attemped to catch the ball flying at them with a hotdog in one hand. There were stories of broken hands & noses - OUCH! And so now, they've hired EMTs to permantely patrol that area.

sorry juds, we kept our eyes peeled but didnt spot boston rob and amber (survivor and amazing race).