The bed was massive and meet the stowaway, Mini Paddington!! He likes travel and experiences. The reason we chose the Revere Hotel was that person's father used to read the poem 'The Ride of Paul Revere', to get them to sleep, when she and her brothers were children.
There were so interesting artifacts in the hotel. Paul Revere was originally a sliver smith and later cast cannon and other items in metal. The hotel had taken this on board and was decorated with objects made from metal things. This horse was spectacular, Ozzie hitched a ride.
There were images of Mr Revere everywhere.
He was a scary looking chap!
On Tuesday morning we went to the Paramount in Charles Street for breakfast. This is where Mini Kolo had the famous caramel banana french toast. This is the cinnamon french toast. Mini Paddington was more interested in searching for marmalade sandwiches.
Later we went for a walk around Quincy Market and found lots of delicious cakes. Ozzie fancied the banana cream tart, but really we were full from the breakfast and so we could only manage a muffin each, we got them to takeaway.
One blueberry and one apple. Not all of our trip was about food, but breakfasts are very important so here we go!
The next morning we went to Tatte Cafe in Boylston Street for breakfast. Paddington checked out the sunnyside up haloumi sandwich and the museli bowl. Neither involved marmalade, so he was less than impressed. However, the rest of us enjoyed them.
Then we went to visit Fenway Park, the home of the Boston Red Sox. Mini-Kolo has a Red Sox shirt, but then he also has a Chicago Cubs shirt so we didn't feel too guilty about being there without him.
We loved the look of this shop, where fans get their snacks. We don't eat sausages, but they seemed to sell everything, so we would find something there we could enjoy.
A highlight of the visit was the club shop.
We just loved the giant glove seat and it was a chance to put our feet up.
After that there was time for more food, so we went to Panificio in Charles Street for grilled cheese. Ozzie particularly liked that.
On the way back we met Mr Punch, outside a tobacco store. We don't smoke, of course, but he was interesting.
In the evening we went for a walk on Boston Common and came across the Frog Pond.
Lawrence had a chat with Mr Frog, while he was fishing.
Mrs Frog was clearly bored with the fishing. But look at what their tadpole was up to!!
He might need a little supervision. He seems mischievous!!
When we got back to the hotel, after eating a the Thai restaurant, King and I, in Charles Street, it was dark and we looked at the views from our window.
We were on the 19th floor, so it was quite a view!!
So morning, and more breakfast.
Back to Tatte cafe for Thursday breakfast and Mini Paddington gave up on trying to find marmalade and settled for a passion fruit tart!!
Later we went for a walk on Commonwealth Avenue, Mini-Kolo loves it there. Our manperson liked this bird with a red front. Apparently it is an American robin, but it wouldn't face the camera.
Well Thursday was an exciting day, with a tweet-up. We had caught up with Michelle @grrlysquirrel75 for dinner earlier in the week, now was time to meet Lily's Bonny, Pandafur's Katy and Beth, a friend of Katy's. We had met them before so we were excited about catching up. We met at Serafina's in High Street.
Ozzie got the chance to catch-up with Petie, Lily's re-homed baboon.
Then it was pizza time!! Bonny and Katy had this spectacular prawn and pesto pizza!!
Our people had the VIP Margarita. Why VIP? We don't know!
The pizzas were great!! After that we walked down to Quincy Market for ice cream. There was a lot of choice!!
Blueberry pie was especially good.
Later, we went for another walk on Boston Common, before dinner.
Ozzie hitched a ride on a duck and then found that he was in a long line of ducklings. Boston Common has some great bronze castings. Finally our last dinner in Boston, for this trip.
We had it in the restaurant in our hotel. Lawrence chose mac and cheese with fries. It was delicious.
We had to get up at 3 am the next morning to get our flight, so we went to bed early. We did mange it and we flew home with no hitches.
We had a great time in Boston and will be back again soon, probably as part of a longer trip to destinations in the US, as we have done before. We love Boston and we love all our friends there. Thank you to Michelle, Bonny, Katy and Beth for meeting us and helping to make our time great fun.
