Our campground is south east of Boston. We are surrounded by what looks like a very affluent area. The houses are large and spaced far apart. Gardens are beautiful. I think a lot of water is used to keep the grass alive in this heat. I knew not to drive into Boston so we asked for directions to the closest metro rail station. We followed route 3 for a short portion of the drive - route 3 is the main highway south to Cape Cod. The traffic jams on the southbound lanes were awful. What a nightmare! I am pleased we are off the cape for the weekend. The metro took us from Braintree to downtown Boston Common. The boys traveled free and the round trip cost me only 3:40. Once in Boston we picked up a guide to the Freedom Trail and started walking.(pic) We enjoyed the historical buildings, graveyards and sights along the trail.(pic) Weekends are really busy and the boys loved watching the buskers perform. We picked up fresh fruit from a sidewalk stall and lunch at Faneuil Hall – a market place on the docks. I am amazed at how much landfill has been done to expand the city into the harbor. We skipped a portion of the trail so that we could take a ferry ride to Charlestown. The USS Constitution was a disappointment(pic). It is undergoing renovations and will not sail again until 2010.
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