Day 6

Woke up at 8:30 and poked around taking our time to get ready. Watched Dave Barton (author of “original intent” on Charles Stanley). Very appropriate since he was talking on the founding of our country and Christianity. After getting ready we went to Cambridge looking for the Otis House Museum only to find that it was in Boston. We walked though a no so great part of town back to the metro and talked with a man visiting to go to the Red Socks game today.

(picture of an old church in Cambridge.)
After getting back into Boston, we finally made it to the Ottis House. ~Beautiful. We had to wear booties in order to keep the beauty. Got a good laugh out of that.

(another amazing church on our journey to the Ottis house)
The Ottis house wouldn't let any photography inside, what a bummer!


10 Things learned:
1. 8 men moved the house 7 feet a day over 40 feet… by hand.
2. He had 11 children
3. Symmetry is important in the houses… to the extent of building fake doors leading to nowhere.
4. Yellow is the Chinese color of royalty.
5. Mirrors were commonly used to reflect light.
6. They had Catholic pictures in the house which would have been incorrect because he was a Protestant. Jen called them on that and the tour guide said “oh, yah… your right. Well they would have pictures like this during that time in a house like this.”
7. Wingback chairs hold in heat.
8. Some rooms were private and other public.
9. A woman was confined to her bedroom for 1 month before and after childbearing.
10. The term “sleep tight” comes from literally having to tighten the ropes holding your down mattress at night.

Afterwards, ate and headed off to the Old North Church (One if by land and two if by sea). To see William Dawes and Paul Revere’s famous stomping…or galloping grounds. The church was very different. It had pew cubicles which could be rented for $1,000 (up stairs) to $2,500 (todays currency) per year. People would put coals into heaters and the cubicle would hold the heat. We saw were Paul Revere jumped through the window.


Window Paul Revere escaped through.

On the way to our next destination we passed by this prayer garden. Though probably some sort of sacrilege to the Catholic Church, we couldn't resist sneaking into the garden and taking a picture. Be sure to read the name.

We continued on the Freedom Trail to Paul Revere’s house and walked through his middle class home. Huge difference between his and Ottis’ house. Jen was feeling vertigo set it so we headed back through little Italy to Hay Market and got on the tram back to Wonderland Station.



Some more of the great city of Boston:



Went to the beach (very ugly I might add). Watched an incredibly large man dig through the garbage. Could that be an oxymoron? Got a few good shells and rocks.



Interesting fact: Sometime within the past 10 years a huge shipping container was involved in sea accident releasing thousands of rubber duckies into the Boston/ Massachusetts Bay. Scientists decided to take advantage of the situation and track the course of these ducks to research ocean current. So if you find a rubber duckie… let somebody over there know!

We didn’t find any duckies on the beach, to our great disappointment!

To end off the evening we ate at the MOST fabulous Chinese restaurant EVER. With it’s authentic bridge, fountains, architecture, and little china display, it had little to be desired. The food was great and we left extraordinarily pleased.

It was a long day… and still 9 more to go. Tomorrow is NYC. Pray for safety.

# of Dunken Doughnuts seen: 21