Boston's weather on Saturday was a gloomy, rainy day and COLD! We stayed at the Residence Inn Boston Harbor on Tudor Wharf. After check in on Saturday we made our way through the rain and cold over to the Warren Tavern. The Warren Tavern claims to be the most historic watering hole in America! Paul Revere himself frequented the tavern on many occasions. The tavern is located in Charlestown which was literally steps away from our hotel. I guess the proximity of Charlestown to Boston is to Hollywood Park to San Antonio. After a few rounds of beers and hot coffees we started chatting up a table of locals. They told us to get a dinner reservation at Olives and while the food is good at the Warren; the food at Olives even better. If you are a foodie and have been following our dining adventures; pictures too; you can go to the Todd English website and read about all of his restaurants as well as his bio. Hands down; the food was phenomenal. Dave raved about his carpetbagger oysters; see photo below.
After dinner Dave insisted on taking in the Cheers Bar with his colleague and I decided to go back to the room. The locals insisted it wasn't worth their while but they were adamant. I learned that next morning that it really wasn't worth it and there is only the signage and stairs at that bar that appear in the show. If you make your way over to Faneuil Hall there is a replica of the complete TV set.
On Sunday we took a trolley tour with our guide named "Coach." He was very informative and entertaining and we felt as the weather was very cold yet sunny; that this was our best way around the city. Our sightseeing tour began on the North End of Boston at the Navy Shipyard by the USS Constitution or Old Ironsides. From there we made our way to the West End and Beacon Hill over the Longfellow Bridge or known as the "salt and pepper" bridge over to Cambridge and MIT. We then came over the Charles River to the Boston Common through Chinatown, the Theater District and Back Bay working our way west to Fenway Park and then to the South End and Seaport District. There are ton o'movies which have been shot in Boston and a projected 16 up and coming this year alone!
Sunday afternoon was a free day in Boston and then later that day we had a driver meet us and take us to Salem. We checked in to the Salem Waterfront Hotels & Suites. That evening we had dinner at the Beverly Depot Restaurant. It's an historic restaurant located in a real live operating depot. Beverly is just minutes from Salem.
Beverly Depot Restaurant:
On Monday Dave and his colleague spent the day touring the plant and I toured Salem! I walked the city and took in the Salem Witch Museum and the House of the Seven Gables. I bought candy at the Ye Olde Pepper Candy Companie, had lunch at the Derby Deli and walked through the Burying Point; the oldest burying ground in the city of Salem. It was very cold yet sunny so walking wasn't too unbearable.
That evening we had dinner at the Wild Horse Cafe in Salem; another phenomenal dining experience. We returned to the hotel to have a nightcap then off to bed as we left early Tuesday am to return back to San Antonio.
Here are some photos; enjoy and thanks for reading!
Zakim Bridge, View from Charles River, Nathaniel Hawthorne Monument; Bunghole Liquors
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Sounds like a fun trip-at least you didn't get snowed in! We missed you this weekend!
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