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On Saturday night, I went with Michelle, Nicole, Rachel, and Chelise to the Valentown Museum. It is a Museum that was built over a hundred years ago. Someone was murdered there, and they still believe that it is haunted. They even had the Ghost Hunters come from the Sci Fi channel to check it out. People say that they hear music playing and that they see strange things all the time. They do tours of the Museum, but they also do a Haunted House in the basement. It was really cold that night, but we still had a lot of fun.

As I was standing by the museum, trying to take a picture, one of the witches came up behind me and scared me to death! I took off running back to my friends. My friends insisted that I take a picture with her. Come to find out, she was the curator of the museum. It was pretty funny!

This is the site of the Boston Massacre. This event was a catalyst for the Revolutionary War. It was blown out of proportion to be used as propaganda. This spot is located in the middle of a street in downtown. It was pretty cool.

Last Friday, we stopped in Boston’s “Little Italy” for lunch. I got the traditional spaghetti and meatballs. It was really good!

These pictures both come from the Boston Commons. It is a public park in the middle of downtown. They have a small pool there that is filled with water in the summer and then turned into an ice skating rink during the winter. They have a playground right across from it. We stopped to have a little fun before our tour started on Friday.
On Saturday, they had a pumpkin festival going on. There were thousands and thousands of carved pumpkins. They were trying to break a world record. It was definitely crowded, but it was fun to walk through and see all of the different carvings.

While in Boston, we ate at two taverns. The first one was an Irish Pub where we ate a brunch. I had an Irish omlette. It was really good! This picture is of the 2nd one that we went to for seafood. I played it safe and had a really good salmon. Michelle got a lobster and Nicole got hadduck (or something like that). Don’t worry, we only had water to drink in case you were wondering.

This picture is one of the buildings at Harvard. It was a really beautiful campus. It’s sad, but one of the first things I thought of when I went there was Gilmore Girls. You will understand if you’ve seen it. We didn’t actually have time to wander around inside the buildings, but we did get to see quite a few of them. Of course we had to stop by the statue of the man Harvard (who the school is named after) and rub his shoe for good luck!

There is actually a funny story that goes along with this picture. As you can tell, we stopped by Fenway Park. I didn’t actually buy that flag that I’m holding. It was sitting on top of a garbage can that I’m standing next to in the picture. That is why I’m only pinching the ends of it. I don’t know what I was thinking, but it made a great picture.

This picture was taken in one of the most popular tourist attractions, Quincy Market. There are tons and tons of shops, restaurants, and booths inside and outside the Market. This is where I bought my Boston sweatshirt. We stopped here a few times, and there was always something going on. Once there were break dancers out front and we stopped to watch their performance. The replica of the Hollywood bar set from the show “Cheers” was also here. It was a pretty happening place.

That’s all for now, but tune in later for more!

We had a great time in Boston! Michelle, Nicole, and I left on Thursday and came back yesterday. We had very few problems and got to see everything we wanted to. We planned the whole trip ourselves. I thought that I would post a few pictures a day to show you what we did.

We split up the Freedom Trail (a 2.5 mile stretch that has historic stops along the way) between Friday and Saturday, but I think we ended up walking that stretch many times over. Even though we rode the metro, or “T”, back and forth from the hotel, we walked all over downtown Boston. We went to the harbor, and to famous bar that inspired the show “Cheers”, and to Harvard (but I’ll tell you about that later .

Yesterday, my roommates and I came home to find that the roof in our house was leaking. It happened to be just over my bed, so I had to move it out of the room to dry. Luckily, no permanent damage was done. I’m glad that we are going to Boston tomorrow!
I have now purchased a camera, so hopefully I will be able to keep up with posting different pictures. Michelle, Nicole, and I are heading out to Boston (finally!) tomorrow afternoon. It will be great!

Well, I can’t really say that I have done anything out of the ordinary this weekend. The Inn was booked both Friday and Saturday, so that kept me pretty busy. I could tell you guys some crazy stories about the things that people do. I will never look at a hotel in the same way again. I have become a handy-man, an electrician, a computer whiz, a banker, a secretary, a guide, and a weatherman.
I haven’t got a new camera yet, so I thought I would post some of my old pictures. These pictures come from the Peter Whitmer farm down in Fayette. It’s about 40 minutes from Palmyra. The farm is out in the middle of no where (which is really saying something out here). But it is in a beautiful area. Here are some of the pictures we took the day we were there.

As some of you know, my camera is temporarily out of commission; so I have been a little slow in getting any pictures to post. I finally got some from Niagara Falls to show you. We had a great time on Friday. We left around 10am and didn’t get back until midnight. We went to both the American and the Canadian side. It’s funny, but we actually had more trouble getting into Canada then we did America. Funny how that works Anyway, here are some pictures from our trip.

While in Canada we stopped at the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. I spent more money on that meal than I would usually spend on 3 or 4 meals, but it was fun!

This is Nicole, Michelle and I on the Canadian side of the Falls.

This is Ali, Kelly, Me, and Nicole showing off our cool shoes that we got while touring the “Cave of the Winds.” We got up right next to Bridal Veil Falls (off of the American Falls). Even with the ponchos and shoes, we were soaked by the end!