We went on a four day mini vacation to Boston last week, and had a blast (except for one part)  The city of Boston is SO beautiful, I love Quincy market and Faneuil Hall and could spend hours there- not with four kids though!  Here's two pictures from the first evening at Quincy Market, my oldest was brave enough to wear his Yankees hat in Red Sox territory!

I think I was most impressed with the people of Boston.  Never have I been in a city where people were friendlier!!  When we first got there we decided to use to train system and walked to the closest one.  Not being familiar with it at all (when we went 10 years they still used tokens!) we were a bit lost on what passes to get and if we'd need one for the children or not.  So I asked the man working and he was SO helpful- he got us the passes we needed and he even got ones for the older two boys so they could do it themselves.  Then after he got us all set, he chatted with us for about five minutes!  And when we got onto the train it was about 5pm so it was pretty full and there were so many gracious people who gave up their seats for the kids and myself.  I was so impressed!  There were even a few teenagers who let us have their seats.  We don't travel by mass transit very often, but we have been to NYC quite a few times and sadly very, very few people are willing to give up their seats.  So if you live in Boston, be proud of your city!

We went to the Science Museum, which was a lot of fun.  And the kids had a blast on the playground that was right across from the hotel.  And since the hotel was Embassy Suites a cook to order breakfast was included and that was nice to leave for the day with a full stomach.  There were a group of History teachers from Utah staying at the hotel so we would talk to them a bit when we'd see them around.  The left the day before we did and one of the teachers was so nice and she gathered up all their  Go Boston cards (cards that would get you into various sites around Boston for free or reduced prices) and train passes and left them for us at the front desk.  We tried to go on a duck tour but they were all full for the day so we went to the aquarium instead.  It was nice that it was free since it was packed beyond belief!!  But I got some great pictures of the kids reflections while they were looking at the animals.