Tuesday, October 27

beantown

The vacation that we'd (or I, whichever) been planning for months, finally came and left too quickly. But we had a fantastic time in Beantown. There were tons of things to do; some we were 'wicked awesome', others will have to wait till our next trip.

Day 1:
Bennington & Peterborough, New Hampshire


a cute 'little' New Hamphire home


the oldest library in the US


we climbed Mount Monadnock

and climbed....

and finally made it to the summit. YAY!!
(not the 'relaxing hike' I had imagined)

great hike!!
(it was a little windy)
Day 2:
Newport, Rhode Island

the Breakers (another Vanderbilt mansion)

the back view

nathan's favorite spot

the cliff walk



great day at the Breakers, sipping on chocolate awful awfuls and walking along the cliffs!

Day 3:
BOSTON, Massachusetts


the market on a rainy day


the General (i.e. George Washington) welcoming everyone to boston common


pews in Old North Church. the little doors had the names of the family that sat there on Sundays. Very cute.

one if by land, two if by sea

Day 4
BOSTON RED SOX and Beacon Hill



Beacon Hill - with its quaint cobblestone streets and ivy coated exteriors


the grand Boston Library...quite the site to see

they have a courtyard in the middle of this grand library


boston common

while visiting boston common, Nathan was randomly interviewed by the MLB channel.


the North End - maybe the best cannoli i've ever had!

the paul revere house - also in the North End


Faneuil Hall - Nathan's fav place in boston (excluding fenway park, of course)



i think this one is self-explanatory (do you hear the angels singing? haha!)

as we were looking for our seats, Nathan spotted two of his milton, ga baseball players in our row! we can't even go to boston, ma without running into one of his students/players!!



in the bottom of the 7th it started raining. we still had tons of fun singing along to any song they could find that had the work 'rain' in it and checking out the stadium. perfect ending to a great vacation!!!

It was a fabulous vacation with tons of walking. We thoroughly enjoyed the trip; seeing Nathan's old stomping grounds and visiting a very historic city. New England is definitely a vacation I recommend to all.

3 comments:

sug said...

fun and lovely. but next time, let's double!

kimberly said...

so fun! i'm glad you guys had such a good time.

Bree said...

I loved looking at all these pictures!! Ohh, good ol Peterborough, huh Nate!! Doesn't it seem SOOOO much smaller now when you go back? Maybe it just did for me since I was only 9 when we moved...Anyway, glad you had a great trip! Looks like you packed in a lot of fun things. You are such a cute couple and I love seeing you so happy Nathan! :) Happy Thanksgiving!