“When I’m in Boston, I always feel like I’m home. I almost cry, I feel so good.” – Luis Tiant
This week’s guest host, Sofia Alves, suggests we be conscience of photo opportunities around us which are either down, below our feet, or higher up, above our heads. Recently we spent two days in Boston. What a great photo opportunity for this week! The header shot shows a row of colorful umbrellas hanging above the sidewalk on Hanover Street in Boston’s historic North End. (Notice the emojis dangling from the purple umbrella!)
We started our trip to the city on this Downeaster Amtrak train Wednesday morning.
Once arriving at the North Station in Boston, I noticed a pigeon studying one of the signs inside the terminal. (As a side note, TD Garden is above the terminal and home arena for the Boston Bruins, National Hockey League, and the Boston Celtics, National Basketball Association.)
When getting off the elevator on the 26th floor in our hotel, I looked down and immediately noticed the decorative carpeting stretching from the elevator and down the corridor.
“Boston is the one place in American where wealth and the knowledge of how to use it are apt to coincide.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Next on our agenda was lunch at a favorite Italian restaurant in Boston’s historic North End. On the way, we walked by The Old North Church or Christ Church, at Lexington and Concord Streets. Looking up we saw the famous church steeple where, on April 18, 1775, two lanterns indicated the British were arriving by sea. When seeing these, Paul Revere began his famous ride to alert the Colonial militia of a pending invasion. A ride Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote about in his well known poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride”. The battle of Lexington and Concord took place the next day near the church and ignited the American Revolution. This church is Boston’s oldest surviving church, built in 1723.
Not far pass the church, I almost stepped on silverware buried in concrete outside the restaurant’s entrance. Naturally, I had to get a picture!
After lunch it was “necessary” to stop by Mike’s Pastry for a couple of cannoli. Image my surprise when looking up near the ceiling – where their cannoli selection on display! Mike’s, founded in 1946, is one of the best-known Italian bakeries in Boston.
“When you think about Boston, Harvard and M.I.T. are the brains of the city, and its soul might be Faneuil Hall or the State House or the Old Church. But I think the pulsing, pounding heart of Boston is Fenway Park.” — John Williams
That night we went to Fenway Park to see the Red Sox play Tampa Bay. It turned out to be an exciting game. It was scoreless until the top of the 8th inning when Tampa got a run 1 – 0 lead. Bottom of the 8th, a Red Sox player hit the ball out of the park with a man on base for a 2-1 lead. Twenty-seven thousand people went wild singing and cheering when the game ended, 2 to 1 for the Sox.
Looking down on the field, Rafael Devers is at bat and got on base.
“If you love this country and study history, then you will love Boston.” — Marcus Luttrell
Hope you enjoy these pictures and thank you for visiting my blog!
Thank you Sofia for being the guest host and assigning a great topic! Be sure to see her post by clicking here.
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