Jeremy and Sara’s Excellent Adventure

August 2, 2008 at 11:13 pm (Uncategorized)

Continuing along the historic Boston tour, the previous photo is another section of the tile laid into the Boston sidewalk.

A statue outside the old Latin School.

That Ben Franklin was a smart sonofabitch.

Things got really interesting when we visited the Boston cemetery where John Hancock and Benjamin Franklin’s parents are buried. Oh yeah, and Paul Revere. The headstone above isn’t really anything important to anyone but people who have studied colonial architecture. The Death’s Head image reflected a depressing outlook on life – it’s a symbol of death always lurking around the corner, and the cemetery became a symbol of the fear of death.

Peter Fanfuel, for whom Fanfuel Hall is named. And no, Fenway isn’t named after him.

Fenway is named after a series of marshes that run alongside the area where the park is built – called fens at the time it was built. So it’s fen way park. AMAZING.

John Hancock’s grave marker. OH COME ON. You know he knew exactly what he was doing. The man buried himself under a giant penis!

The humble graveston of Sam Adams.

We then hung out on Boston Common, ate some fried dough, and just enjoyed the beautiful day.

The Civil War monument at Boston Common.

Then we returned to the hotel room to get ready for the Rock and Blues Cruise! Wooooo!

We left Long Wharf at around 8pm, and immediately started putting down some Red Stripes and Sam Adams. The cruise actually wasn’t all it was cracked up to be and we were really glad that we didn’t pay for the tickets – the band turned out to be COUNTRY. Good God. Good thing there was a full bar, which we took full advantage of, downing beer and whiskey for a good three hours while trying to ignore the awful band. Good thing beautiful Boston offered some breath-taking views:

The incomparable Boston skyline at sun-down.

And I guess we weren’t the only ones who hated the band, because there was a mutiny. Actually, that’s no mutiny, it’s an impromptu game of FLIPPY CUP! Awesome.

That’s what we look like after too much country music and just enough whiskey. In all, it was a wicked fun night, and although we wouldn’t do it again, we had a great time and were glad we boarded the cruise.

Tomorrow, a report on our last day in Boston.

We leave you with a quick video from the booze cruise – warning: contains mild language, ass-shaking, bad country music, and bad cliche movie references!