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The Prelude to London

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I look down and wonder how the Fitbit step counter climbed so high. . . .


Here's how it happened:



What a beautiful morning as we climbed out of Atlanta and banked north.

The Jet Blue pilot must have been headed home, because we made the trip in 2:05. Boston fog greeted us.

Having been in Boston just 3 months ago, some of the sights were quite familiar:










One of the highlights of the day was going with Zac and Danny to the Boston Public Library. The front of the library has a PBS station in it, so we listened to music and an interview.

The biggest surprise was a beautiful fountain area in the middle of the library. It was so lovely that sometimes it is used for weddings.




We also spent an hour at Boston Common. The diversity of the park was as beautiful as the landscape. We watched two wedding ceremonies and listened to some plaintive music performed by an elderly Chinese man. A little girl beside us fed crabapples to several grateful ducks. The day itself was spectacular.

A couple of humorous moments stood out. One was a sign attached to the construction project on Trinity Church.





I just hope that no construction equipment falls on passersby, or they might blame God.

I was also amused by some painted lines in the subway. Apparently some of the commuters are not very smart.




I did not see any arrows pointing the way to get on and get off at the subway stops near Harvard and MIT.

One more note-- this Chipotle is in the  building where Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter was published.



What a great day!

Off to London in a few minutes.

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Unknown said…
oh i just love this!!! i will live vicariously through y'all this week!
September 17, 2017 at 3:28 PM
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