Oh did we walk a thousand miles!!!!

OMG was this a walking our feet into bloody stumps day. We started our trip off at the USS Constitution museum. Unfortunately we were too early to go on board but the museum was fun! It's like we were kids again! This would have been a better idea for the end, soon comfy.

Afterwards we took a very cold walk across the Charles river to start the Freedom trail, backwards. Google actually dropped us off just before Paul Revere's house so we back tracked a little bit and then to the old North Church where the lanterns were hung to signal how the British would attack. In the back courtyard of the church was a memorial for all the soldiers that have lost their lives in the most recent fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq and fighting with Isis.

Inside the church we found the perfect booth to sit in "for strangers and wardens".

On our way back along the freedom trail we hit the famous Mike's Pastries! There are no words! Soooooo many types of pastries. We each chose one and continued along the trail. To be honest we  didn't go in to every stop and we made more than one detour along the way when we found a surprise hole in the wall place to visit later

but we completed the trail in the Boston Common.
Oh but we weren't done there, no we then headed into the Public Gardens for the sole purpose of finding the "Make way for ducklings" statues for Heather.

Once that mission was complete we were really tired but pushed ourselves on to the Trinity church, which we had to ourselves and had the best timing to be present when the organist was rehearsing! We sat down and just took it all in.

But we still weren't done.  No, we hopped over to the Boston Public Library where I was always reminded a little bit of "beauty and the beast".
We finally decided it was time to sit down, we couldn't go just anywhere.  Nope we trekked down to McGreevys for a brew and a burger and to rest our poor poor feet!

But even then we couldn't call it a day.  We had shopping to do where Heather and I found a shop with a Giant Totoro!

Once we just couldn't take any more walking we slugged our tied butts to the T where at the end of the line in Alewife, my fabulous aunt took pity on us and picked us up. Now we're sitting back enjoying the fire place and deciding what insanity we can put ourselves through the rest of the week.
Did I mention this cheeky wee walk was almost 23,000 steps!!!!!