Boston Tour - Tuesday 25th

Tour time! I booked it to save alot of walking and public transportation to Concord and Lexington - where AA had not yet been in all our Boston travels.

We were ready and in our tour guide's car at 10:00 a.m. Martin McEntee drove us around the city (we declined starting with his usual Old North Church as we have seen it several times), first to Dorchester Heights: told story about Henry Knox - hauled guns from Fort Ticonderoga. 

Here are my cryptic notes during the tour: Night of Boston Massacre. No shelter, storm. British left March 17th. Lost bunker hill, ran out of ammunition. Revolutionary War first year in Boston, then moved to NYC and south.
The meaning of being caught red handed. Boston Massacre - manslaughter would get hand branded, same as a thief would have a T branded on his hand. The Old State House is where the Boston Massacre occurred; a circle marks the spot.
Viewed the Kings Chapel and cemetery. Beacon Hill - used to have Beacon on top of hill. Took hill down to build houses. From old money, drug money, opium, shipping China goods back to England, then to Boston. Thomas Crown Affair Movie: drove house 85 Mt Vernon St.; Cobblestone roads original to Beacon Hill.
House at 10 Louisburg Square lived Louisa Alcott. Acorn street most photographed; Hulu Boston strangler movie. Common Garden beacon hill, oldest, drove along Commonwealth Ave. We drove by Henry Longfellow's home in Cambridge, drove past BU, then went to Harvard campus, saw the dormitory that housed "high security" students, the statue that everyone rubs. Also, only walk through gates twice, freshman then leaving at graduation, and they ask freshman about interests so can be matched with a suitable roommate.

Lunch at Summer Shack was delicious, Ford had the "Connecticut" style lobster roll, AA and I had the salmon poke bowl; I split a cup of clam chowder with Ford; Martin had a cup of clam chowder and some Asian dumplings.

Drove by the John Adams Courthouse (Beacon Hill) is now the Massachusetts Supreme Court. Pulled in at the Munroe Tavern 1735. Sam Adams hid there once he knew the British had a warrant for his arrest for treason (establishing a militia not sanctioned by the King).
We stopped by the Lexington Green Battlefield, started sprinkling rain. 
Concord: Stopped at the Louisa May Alcott Orchard Home where she wrote Little Women. 

Concord Battleground, bridge, halftime show. Minute Man Monument.

Drove past public access to Walden Pond. Long drive back to our hotel due to traffic and rain. The tour overall was not what we thought, the guide did not chat much, long spells with no stories, historical facts, not much interesting. We did cover a lot of "ground" but tour was surface level, a bit "flat".

For dinner, we took our guide's recommendation and we did enjoy the food at Bricco's, but wow, was it crowded and noisy! The light was so dim, we could not read the menu. Glad we tried something new, as he made the reservation for us and know it was influence that got us in!

We walked back to our hotel which was nice, enjoyed the best weather in Boston!